Exclusive: Crystal Palace could get extra £12m after appeal
Crystal Palace could get an extra £12million in prize money if they are reinstated into the Europa League for the upcoming season, sources have told Football Insider.
Uefa removed Palace from the second-tier European competition after ruling former co-owner John Textor had breached its multi-club ownership rules.
The American billionaire owns a stake in Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa League, with Uefa’s rules prohibiting clubs controlled by the same owners or directors from competing in the same European competition.
However, Textor has now sold his shares to Woody Johnson and no longer has any involvement at Selhurst Park.
Palace have appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following their removal from the Europa League.
Oliver Glasner's side are currently set to play in the Conference League, while Nottingham Forest have been promoted into the Europa League.
Forest have been formally named as a respondent in Palace’s appeal to CAS alongside Uefa and Lyon, with the hearing set to take place on Friday (8 August) and a decision to be delivered on Monday (11 August).
Crystal Palace could land £28m windfall
Official Uefa documents have revealed what the participating clubs could earn in each European competition in the 2025-26 season.
Palace would bank a guaranteed £3.7million for featuring in the Europa League, while a Conference League spot is worth £2.8million.
Each league phase victory is worth £390,000 in the second-tier competition, meaning up to £3.1million is on offer if a team wins all eight of their games.
That figure drops to £2.1million in the Conference League as there are only six league phase matches and a win is worth £350,000.
A ranking bonus is in place for both competitions, with top spot in the Europa League table worth £2.3million and the equivalent in the Conference League banking the table-toppers £860,000.
There will also be an extra incentive to finish in the top-eight of the league phase as clubs are awarded £520,000 in the Europa League and £350,000 in the Conference League.
Meanwhile, qualification for the round of 16 in each competition is worth £1.5million and £690,000 in favour of the Europa League.
A run through the knock-out rounds to the final is worth a combined £11.9million in the second-tier competition, with the eventual winners bagging an extra £5.2million.
In the Conference League, reaching the final is worth £6.8million after making it through the previous rounds, while lifting the trophy guarantees a further £2.6million.
That means Palace could earn £28.2million in prize money in the Europa League, with a Conference League success worth £16.2million, marking a £12million difference between the two competitions.
Clubs will also receive extra cash payments under Uefa’s value pillar system, which is split into European and non-European segments based on their coefficient ranking and the market pool.
Tottenham blow Chelsea away after £38m reveal
Premier League clubs enjoyed European success last season, scooping up two of the three trophies on offer.
Tottenham landed a £38million windfall, including the value pillar payments, after beating Manchester United in the Europa League final.
Meanwhile, Chelsea banked more than £18million in prize money following their Conference League final victory over Real Betis.
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