Arsenal have reached the Champions League final for only the second time in their history - and with it pocketed a huge financial windfall.
Bukayo Saka scored the only goal on Tuesday evening to book the Gunners’ spot in the Budapest final on May 30, as Atletico Madrid crashed out.
The win prompted wild scenes inside and outside the Emirates Stadium, with Mikel Arteta leading the celebrations on the pitch and the supporters taking the party into the streets.
And the success means Arsenal have already earned over €142m (£122.6m).
It has already been a season to remember in Europe for the Gunners, who become the first team to win all eight League Phase games to enter the knockout stage with a perfect record.
Every team in the League Phase pockets €18.62m (£16m) for competing, and Arsenal earned a further €30.6m (£26.4m) for eight wins, and then another €11m (£9.5m) for reaching the last 16.
According to financial finance blog Swiss Ramble, Arsenal have earned €37m (£32m) from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’ payments, which are calculated by the club’s country of origin and the club’s own performances in Europe over the last five and 10 years..
A €12.5m (£10.8m) in prize money was earned by beating Bayern Leverkusen in the last-16 stage, and then a further €15m (£12.9m) for seeing off Portuguese giants Sporting to reach the semi-finals. The 2-1 aggregate win over Atletico was worth another €18.5m (£16m).
Winning the final, where one of Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain lie in wait, will guarantee another €6.5m euros (£5.6m), and that also comes with an additional €4m (£3.5m) for reaching the UEFA Super Cup in August. That curtain-raiser for next season is worth €1m (£863,000) to the winner.
