World football’s governing body has significantly increased the compensation given to sides that release players to play in the game’s showpiece event.
FIFA has pledged to distribute $209 m (€194m) to the clubs who release players to compete at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
World football’s governing body and the European Club Association (ECA) announced on Friday that an extended agreement has been reached to compensate clubs and “further enhance consideration of club football interests”.
The $209m pot will be in place for each of the next two editions of the game’s biggest showpiece event and is treble the $70m (€65m) dished out after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said in a statement: “We are taking a huge step forward in promoting relations between FIFA and the clubs in a spirit of mutual and constructive cooperation.
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