Town will receive just over £400,000 from FIFA’s World Cup Benefits Programme after keeper Bartosz Bialkowski and left-back Jonas Knudsen’s spells in Russia with Poland and Denmark respectively.

FIFA pays clubs $8,530 (around £6,408) a day for every player released for the tournament regardless of whether they actually take to the field, starting from May 31st and running until a day after their teams are knocked out.

Bialkowski’s Poland exited at the group stage following their only victory, their 1-0 win against Japan on June 28th, while Denmark went out 3-2 on penalties to eventual losing finalists Croatia following a 1-1 draw in the last 16 on July 1st.

Therefore Town will be paid around £192,240 for Bialkowski’s time in Russia and about £211,464 for Knudsen’s, a total of £403,704.

The Blues keeper was an unused sub throughout for Poland as had been expected going into the tournament, while the left-back’s only game was the Croatia match.

The total sum received by clubs from the scheme will be £160 million with the pay-outs designed to compensate for the injury risks players - and therefore their clubs - face at the finals.

Manchester City will be paid the highest sum, £3,904,400, with Real Madrid the second most, £3,816,300.

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MaySixth added 16:20 - Jul 16 Decent
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RobTheMonk added 16:26 - Jul 16 Not bad!
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casanovacrow added 16:32 - Jul 16 Maybe we should hoard cheapo international jobbers for free money *rolls eyes*
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MrTown added 16:33 - Jul 16 Put it in the pot.
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jimmyjames added 16:41 - Jul 16 Better than a kick in the balls. This Monday just gets better and better
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Reuserscurtains added 16:47 - Jul 16 Use some of that money to clean up the ground. That green moss on the bobby stand can go, the Ipswich badge on the south needs a new light and the rest of the ground could do with a lick of paint. Just a thought, Mr Evans.
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lightingblue added 16:50 - Jul 16 Does that mean we could have Ronaldo for a half. Preferably against Norwich!! Lol
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brian_a_mul added 17:31 - Jul 16 New recruitment stratgy, lets buy in the Quatari national u 21 national team now! They should be prime for seniors when next WC comes around. Great to get Bart signed up, well done to Bart and everyone that made this happen
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jas0999 added 17:55 - Jul 16 Great news. Will hopefully get added to the saved wages and £4.5M received in fees. Desperately needed money to strengthen an average looking squad.
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jpring89 added 18:10 - Jul 16 Chuck a couple hundred thousand at the Tilt deal to get it done
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NBVJohn added 19:47 - Jul 16 Thanks very much - some money for effectively nothing. I am sure we're happy to take it. Just demonstrates the ludicrous amounts of money sloshing around football when as greedy an organisation as FIFA is prepared to do this. A nice little earner I know, but think of what the likes of Man Utd/City, Real Madrid and Barcelona creamed off from this, and the fact that it's peanuts to them in the wider scheme of things.

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wayway added 20:02 - Jul 16 Straight into Evans back pocket
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Bigboyblue added 01:13 - Jul 17 Could get video ad board or ....... 🥁....... a video big screen.
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harlingblue added 01:22 - Jul 17 Well done Ipswich Town, to have two of their defensive players representing their respective countries at the the worlds greatest football tournament, earning our club £400,000. The Knudsen throw, almost unhinged eventual runners up Croatia. Good money in from the sale of a promising but injury prone Webster, salary saved on a good but injury prone McGoldrick, has sealed the deal on Bart, and given PH some money to get the players in to mould his ITFC team.

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 10:12 - Jul 17 Nice work if you can get it.
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Guru_of_Ipswich added 12:11 - Jul 17 How much did Norwich receive?
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bobble added 14:24 - Jul 17 most of the money goes to the already wealthy clubs as usual....
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