Man City could net £20m transfer windfall just 24 hours after FA Cup final

If Manchester City win the FA Cup final on Saturday against Manchester United, they will take their tournament prize money for the season to a handy £3.9million.

There is £2m on offer for the winners of this weekend's final, and while the runners-up prize money of £1m is a decent consolation, it would also mean losing the final to their closest rivals. City will be looking to add the FA Cup to their Premier League title, which would see them become the first team to win back-to-back league and cup doubles in English history.

When City leave Wembley, the stadium will quickly reset for Sunday's Championship play-off final - a game which could see City secure a guaranteed £20m transfer boost if the result goes one way.

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Southampton take on Leeds on Sunday with both sides looking for an immediate return to the Premier League. Leicester and Ipswich have already booked their promotions, with the 2024/25 Premier League line-up to be confirmed this weekend.

If Southampton were to win on Sunday, it would see a second-successive promotion for City centre-back Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who was part of the Burnley side who went up automatically last season. Harwood-Bellis wanted to play in the Premier League this season, but no offers came in over the summer, so he spent the year on loan at Southampton.

He has played 45 times for Saints this term, starting all but two league games since signing on loan, and looks set to start at Wembley. Should Southampton win, they have an obligation to buy Harwood-Bellis permanently for a fee of around £20m.

"I felt like I was ready to go and play in the Premier League in the summer, but the opportunity wasn't there," he said of his options last summer, adding that he hopes to remain at St Mary's next season in the Premier League.

"I'm here now and I couldn't possibly have asked for it to have worked out any better than it has. I'm hopefully going to play in the Premier League under this manager, which is something I'd be very proud of."

If Southampton don't get promotion, Harwood-Bellis will surely be in demand over the summer after another impressive year in the second tier. City may also be interested if Leeds were to win, as they have been linked with a return for former midfielder Kalvin Phillips, who left Elland Road in 2022 for the Blues but now looks set to depart following two poor seasons at the Etihad.