England squad and staff could earn £19m for 2026 World Cup win
Should England secure the World Cup title, the players and coaching personnel stand to gain roughly half of the Football Association’s £38m prize allocation from FIFA in performance incentives.
Sources have revealed that, following a bonus arrangement settled with the team’s senior player group prior to the competition, the FA is set to distribute approximately £15m to the squad, £3m to Tuchel, and close to £1m to his support staff if Harry Kane hoists the trophy in New York next weekend.
The potential bonus sum for the players represents more than twice what they would have earned for triumphing in the Qatar World Cup four years prior.
Individuals familiar with the discussions have indicated that Tuchel’s team owes a partial debt of gratitude to their women’s counterparts for the FA’s generosity. Before the 2023 Women’s World Cup, the England Lionesses took their disagreement with the FA public after failing to settle on a bonus structure, as the governing body was initially hesitant to offer extra incentives beyond the individual prize money distributed by FIFA, which amounted to £200,000 for the champions.
That conflict was settled following the tournament, where England lost the final to Spain. With the Lionesses securing substantial bonuses, the FA has responded by bolstering the monetary rewards available to the men’s team, who have also profited from FIFA’s considerable increase in prize money granted to national federations.
The total fund has grown by 50% from the 2022 event to $655m (£488m), although this sum must now be split across 48 federations instead of 32, with the champions receiving $50m, a rise from $32m four years ago.
The FA is already assured of roughly $19m due to England advancing to the quarter-finals, with around half of that amount being passed to the players and staff regardless of the result in Saturday’s last-eight encounter against Norway.
The precise figure received by each player will hinge on their actual playing time, though if divided evenly it would correspond to £577,000 per individual.
In addition, the players collect match appearance fees of £2,000 per game, although as part of a long-standing pact those sums are contributed to charitable causes. This has led to over £5m being amassed for good causes through the England Footballers Foundation since 2027.
The FA has been approached for a statement.
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