David Alaba traveled to Milan with his club. Real Madrid earned € 52m before the first shot.
You can reproach him a lot, discuss whether what he is doing is right or wrong. But there is one thing that Bayern Munich's honorary president Uli Hoeneß can certainly rarely do: keep his tongue in check. The Champions League draw wanted Real Madrid to play at Inter Milan on Wednesday, and Bayern had already tried to score points in their group at rivals FC Barcelona the day before.
And so it was “coincidence” that Hoeness declared that Madrid's newcomer David Alaba once only knew one longing destination, namely to fly from Munich to Barcelona. Statements that caused a stir. In all of Spain anyway, especially in Madrid, the Hoeneß taunts were chewed up by the media as found food.
Despite the vortex, Alaba is in the real line-up in Milan. Austria's team player was spared on Sunday in a 5-2 win against Celta de Vigo. Muscular problems were given as the reason.
Inter's balance sheet
What's going on at Inter Milan? The Italian champion, who has been coached by Simone Inzaghi since the summer, can at least look back on a slightly negative record against Los Blancos. The two celebrity clubs of European football faced each other 17 times, lost eight times, Inter won seven times, and twice the comparison ended in a draw.
Real's president Florentino Perez still dreams of a Super League, the best European clubs. There is too little to earn in the Champions League. Even before their players kicked the ball for the first time in this season, Real Madrid had already made 52 million euros. Sure are already 15.64 million euros for entering the group stage.
In addition, there are 36.38 million euros fixed, because Real Madrid are in first place in a ten-year UEFA ranking, ahead of Bayern and Barcelona. This ranking brings in a lot of money every season. 600 million euros will be distributed over the last ten years based on this ranking. The 32nd gets 1.137 million, then this amount is always divided – so the best gets 36.38 million euros.
Billions competition
Every win brings 2.8 million euros, a draw only 930,000. Moving into the second round brings 9.6 million euros, the quarter-finals an additional 10.6, the semi-finals 12.5 and the final 15.5. The winner of the final in St. Petersburg can earn 82.5 million euros from prizes alone.
UEFA estimates that it will distribute 3.5 billion in the European Cup this season, with two billion for the clubs that play in the Champions League. 300 million euros are distributed via the “Market Pool”, which evaluates the level of interest the clubs generate in their countries (TV quota, but also their performance in the championship).
