Liverpool set to land transfer windfall amid £119m payout as Arne Slot sets summer plan

Thanks to the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool will receive a lump sum from UEFA this summer. At every major international tournament, UEFA and FIFA pay clubs around the world a remuneration package to allow players to represent their national teams.

Euro 2024 is no different, with 10 Anfield players looking to get their hands on some silverware in Germany this summer. Liverpool have three representatives in the Netherlands team – Van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch – and two in the England team – Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez.

Diogo Jota featured for Portugal while Ibrahima Konate played second fiddle to William Saliba for France. In the group stage, Andy Robertson played for Scotland and Dominik Szoboszlai played for Hungary, while Vitezslav Jaros remained on the bench for the Czech Republic.

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Under what is known as the Club Benefit Programme, UEFA compensates clubs based on how much time they spend with the national team. Before the European championships, they announced that the pot allocated to national clubs has expanded from €130 million for Euro 2020 to €140 million for Euro 2024.

The exact splits for each team will be announced after the tournament, but based on previous figures, Liverpool, who are considered ‘Category 1’, will receive the maximum amount – which at Euro 2020 was €8,700 (£7,362) per player, per – the day they were on international duty.

Payouts start 10 days before a team’s first match in the finals and extend until one day after they are eliminated (or the trophy is lifted). Liverpool have therefore already pocketed around €548,100 (£463,755) for the involvement of Robertson, Szoboszlai and Jaros, who have already been sent home.

The total amount for the remaining players in the tournament is not set in stone. However, with England and the Netherlands set to progress to the semi-finals this weekend and one of France or Portugal guaranteed to progress, the Reds are set to collect a healthy toll.

With Arne Slot no doubt keen to strengthen his new side this summer, the blockbuster win will help Liverpool welcome some new faces to Anfield. The Reds continue to be linked with a number of big names, but for now it remains unclear whether or not Richard Hughes will bring out the war chest.