Bristol City to profit from UEFA windfall as McCrorie, Conway and Weimann prepare for Euro 2024

Bristol City are set for a summer windfall in the region of £350,000 from UEFA, as Tommy Conway, Ross McCrorie and Andi Weimann compete at the forthcoming European Championships.

Under UEFA’s Club Benefits Programme, clubs who release their players for the tournament in Germany are entitled to compensation, and the governing body has allocated €140 million (£118m) to be distributed.

City have Conway and McCrorie in the Scotland squad and Weimann, who is still registered as a City player until June 30 when his contract officially expires, part of the Austria team competing in the tournament.

City will therefore be eligible for a payment for each day the individual is in Germany plus an extra day following their elimination, to also include a mandatory 10-day period leading up to their first match.

In the case of Conway, McCrorie and Weimann, should Scotland and Austria exit after the group stage has been completed, that will be a span of 21 and 20 days, respectively.

If either team progress into the knockout rounds it increases accordingly, although Weimann will no longer be registered as a City player after June 30, which falls on the weekend when the Round of 16 begins.

UEFA are yet to confirm the exact breakdown of the amounts relevant to each club, as the precise figures will be calculated from the €140m pot after the tournament has concluded, but their current forecast is that category 2 clubs will receive €6,670 (£5,637) per day, per player.

If Scotland fail to progress out of Group A, where they have been drawn alongside Germany, Hungary and Switzerland, irrespective of if Conway or McCrorie play or not, that will land City, under current estimates, £236,754. Should the same fate befall Austria, who have been placed alongside Poland, the Netherlands and France in Group D, then that adds an extra £112,740 to cover Weimann’s involvement, totalling £349,494.

Although not a transfer window-changing amount, it represents a nice bonus amount during the summer and the most City have secured from such a scheme.

At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Antoine Semenyo earned the club around £160,000 for his involvement with Ghana, while at Euro 2020 (which was played in 2021 due to the pandemic), Adam Nagy and Tomas Kalas’ saw the Robins claim around £258,000 as they represented the Czech Republic and Hungary.

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