Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal in the Champions League final, but the north London club do not leave Hungary empty-handed after their lucrative run to Budapest
Arsenal still banked a record amount of Champions League prize money despite losing the final to Paris Saint-Germain. The Gunners were beaten in Budapest by reigning holders PSG at the Puskas Arena after securing the Premier League title earlier this month.
Mikel Arteta's side already accumulated around £125.18million in prize money heading into Saturday's showpiece final in Hungary. After losing to the French champions, they earned another £16million, but missed out on a further £9.06m.
Lifting the trophy was worth £5.61m. A place in August's UEFA Super Cup in Salzburg carried a further bonus of £3.45m, with PSG set to face Aston Villa.
It has been a remarkable Champions League run for Arsenal, who also banked £85.3m earlier in the campaign from the initial TV money and rankings pool (worth £49.6m). On the pitch, they've generated a considerable fortune through their results.
Winning all eight of their league phase fixtures, the Gunners topped the table to pocket £15.8m. In doing so, they also secured direct passage to the last 16, bypassing the play-off round entirely — worth an additional £11.3m.
Finishing top of the standings also earned them £8.6m. UEFA distributes funds based on each club's final league phase position — the higher you finish, the greater the reward.
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Eliminating Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16 to reach the quarter-finals was worth £10.8m. The Gunners drew 1-1 in Germany before clinching a 2-0 victory in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal were pitted against Sporting CP in the quarter-finals, edging past the Portuguese side 1-0 on aggregate thanks to Kai Havertz's late first-leg strike in Lisbon. Progressing to the semi-finals, where Arsenal faced Atletico Madrid, was also worth £10.8m.
It proved a gruelling test against Diego Simeone's side. The Premier League champions drew 1-1 in the first leg in Spain after Viktor Gyokeres' penalty amid VAR controversy.
They then clinched the second leg 1-0 at their north London home through Bukayo Saka's decisive goal. Securing their place in the Budapest final — Arsenal's first Champions League showpiece since 2006 — contributed a staggering £15.97m to the Gunners' war chest.
With the additional £16m, Arsenal's total is £141.18m, which tops the record of £124.62m set by PSG last year. UEFA made a record-breaking £2.13billion prize money pot available for this season's Champions League campaign.
resabekpst
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We went unbeaten throughout the entire Champions League. We are definitely getting closer:- 23-24 quarter final. 24-25 semi final. 25-26 beaten finalists. 26-27 hopefully champions.
AFerGMJS2148
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No Bournemouth here to help Arsenal win a trophy … so they had no choice but to revert back to their bottling ways 🍼🍼
Immaculate003
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A good season for Arsenal though!
putbilmnps
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Arsenal need to use the entire 125m to reinforce the team and drag in quality players
MzyaS
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This man created a monster team A team which play for everyone, a team which is composed of individuals who put team first and don't play for individual glories This man has taken a laughing stock team to a team who fears none Presenting u the greatest ever signing/decision in history of PSG LOUIS ENRIQUE
Kawceilpr
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Average players every where in Arsenal
Tucalmprtz
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still wondering how united opposition fans were happy to see arsenal loss in penalties....real sense..... where were other epl teams during this challenge?
QueriisFiasi
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Tough luck to the Gunners. They will invest well in more quality player recruitment and come back stronger next season. They might reach the final again, and then who knows, they might be luckier next time.
Miabeimprt
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They thought they will again rob it by scoring a goal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 … thanks psg
Mazvita
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Arsenal after failing to maintain their unbeaten run in final be like
Yupabklort
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Aston Villa winning the Super Cup will be a slap in the face to Arsenal.
Dubaimsz
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that's the kind of story we want to continue to hear from you guys arsenal accumulate a huge amount of money but lost the trophy we want you like that
Fuearstuyz
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zeuabdeklr
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Arsenal tried
zaccmosuyz
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of course, the title is .....
Edooo87
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the title better than the prize