A European jackpot for French clubs. While the Champions League league phase left a sense of unfinished business on the sporting front, the financial outcome is far more positive for PSG, Monaco, and Marseille.
At the top, PSG comes out best. Disappointed not to have achieved more on the pitch, the Parisian club could clearly have hoped for better. Still, with €36.6 million earned and an 11th-place ranking in prize money, Paris once again confirms its economic strength on the European stage, securing its season and maintaining a significant financial gap over domestic rivals.
Strong financial returns despite mixed results
Close behind, AS Monaco posts a very solid balance sheet. The Principality club pockets €30.65 million and ranks 21st, a financial performance in line with its European campaign and one that validates a model built on sporting competitiveness and controlled management.
Even eliminated, Marseille is far from empty-handed. The club leaves with €28.69 million and a 25th-place ranking in prize money. A frustrating exit, but one that is far from painless financially, at a time when European revenues remain essential to budgetary stability.
Overall, each French club involved received a fixed allocation of €18.62 million, supplemented by performance bonuses of €2.1 million per win and €700,000 per draw. Sportingly mixed, this league phase nevertheless proves to be an overall economic success for Ligue 1, led by a PSG still able to capitalize even without shining.
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