The prize money on offer is not quite so life-changing for some of Europe’s elite, although no one is going to sniff at an extra eight-figure sum to call upon. PSG earned around $174.5 million for winning the Champions League and have amassed around a third of that tally by just reaching the quarterfinals.

After the group stage, we already know where $741m of the $1bn prize pot will go – and there are many familiar names at the

FIFA has trumpeted the expanded 2025 Club World Cup as one of the biggest competitions in football history, and it has backed this stance with huge financial rewards.

Maresca's club won the Conference League Final and could give him a second Chelsea trophy as well, but Les Parisiens are at the end of what could turn out to be one of, if not the finest seasons in the sport.

Unfamiliar opponents have been a consistent theme through Chelsea’s run to the final. In four of their six matches in the Club World Cup, Chelsea have met their opponents for the first time in history. Only one side in their run, Benfica, they have met more than twice. But Enzo Maresca’s side handled their draw with relative ease.