Money earned by FA Cup finalists Leicester and Chelsea
Leicester City and Chelsea earned a tidy windfall from Saturday’s FA Cup final.
Youri Tielemans fired home a superb second-half strike to seal the win for the Foxes as Wembley welcomed 21,000 fans into the national stadium.
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The total prize fund for the FA Cup is £15.9 million which is distributed among all 188 teams that entered the competition. The further a team goes in the competition, the more money they make.
The Mirror says Leicester pretty much doubled their total prize money by winning the final. Brendan Rodgers’ men pocked a lump sum of £1.8million which brings their total earned in the competition to £3.4 million.
Meanwhile, as beaten finalists, Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea received £900k taking their total prize money to £2.4 million.