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Originally Posted by Chris H
Believe it or not, there are already a few threads about the Glazers, and the debt.
As far as I know, we get about £30m prize money from UEFA for winning the CL. The higher figure takes into account things like future sponsorship deals (AIG, Nike, etc. will pay more to be associated with the European Champions), player valuations (CL winning players are more expensive to purchase), merchandising, etc. And there's not that much difference in prize money between winning the CL (us) and coming in second (not us).
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This is true.
Most of the figures are based on clauses written into contracts with our sponsors. The immediate prize money for the winners is approximately two million pounds more but the effect of winning the competition will be felt for a long time to come.
I think Ronaldo just became the worlds most marketable footballer and us the worlds most marketable (if we were not already) club, on top of this we are in a better bargaining position when selling our players as they now have a Champions League medal on their CV (not many can say that). So it is all very good for the coffers.