How much Aston Villa can earn from beating Club Brugge after £75m boost revealed - chof 360 news

Aston Villa have enjoyed a lucrative Champions League campaign

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Aston Villa will look to take a lead back to Birmingham next week when they face Club Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash on Tuesday night.

Unai Emery's side qualified for the round of 16 after finishing eighth in the league phase following a 4-2 win over Celtic at home in January.

They lost 1-0 to Brugge in the league phase, but in bizarre circumstances after Tyrone Mings picked the ball up in the box unaware Emi Martinez had taken a goal kick, before Hans Vanaken scored from the spot.

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The Belgian side beat Europa League holders Atalanta over two legs to qualify for the last 16.

If they overcome Brugge, Villa would face either Liverpool or Paris Saint-Germain in the next round, with the next round to be played next month.

After qualifying for the Champions League round of 16, it was revealed by BirminghamLive that Villa have generated a total of £75m from their European campaign so far.

That huge figure includes gate receipts and income from UEFA's newly created value pillar on top of the £42m which the club will be awarded in prize money.

The first chunk of money Villa received from their Champions League campaign was a league phase participation fee of £15.7million, before they won five matches worth £1.77m each, plus a draw against Juventus, earning a cool £590k.

Qualification for the last 16 is worth a whopping £9.3m, while each position in the table is worth £232k, meaning the club that finishes 36th earned that figure with an additional £232k added for every higher ranking after all eight matches.

Villa finished in eighth, so they secured £6.8m through their standing, while taking in nearly £10m in additional revenue for making the last 16.

There is also a handy £1.7m bonus coming their way for finishing in a position between 1-9 in the league phase table.

Beyond the £42m earned in prize money, Villa also made around £15m in gate receipts from their league phase fixtures.

They earned an additional £16m from UEFA's value pillar, which combines the market pool and coefficients to distribute money to clubs as shaped by the size of their domestic TV deal and historic performances in Europe.

Villa will receive an additional £10.3m in prize money if they make it through to the quarter-finals, while reaching the semi-finals would be worth around an additional £12.4m.

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