Arsenal look is set at a large £ 10.5 million bonus after their record-breaking Champions League last 16 win over PSV in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
The one-sided route was the biggest victory of the club ever in the competition, which the 5-1 demolition of sport in November and the famous 5-1 triumph over Inter Milan in San Siro in 2003 in the Knock-Out stages.
An eye-watery prize money of £ 2.06 billion is for picking up in the Champions League of this season and the Gunners are well on the way to another substantial payment day, because the setup for a potential quarterfinals collision against Real Madrid of Atletico.
Every club that qualifies for the quarterfinals receives a guaranteed amount of £ 10.5 million, which is before potential temporary vouchers are taken into account, and Arsenal has already demanded an estimated £ 73.55 million in prize money from their praise third place in the group phases.
It is the kind of financial stimulans that underlines the importance of playing Champions League football, because it will also help strengthen the budget of the club's summer transfer, the end of the campaign.
In the meantime, Table Toppers has so far earned a lucrative £ 80.91 million in prize money and that could achieve £ 91.41 million if they could end the track against Paris Saint-Germain in Anfield.
The dramatic late winner of the replacement Harvey Elliott means that they have a crucial 1-0 advantage prior to the wonderful second stage of next week on Merseyside against the French giants of Luis Enrique.
Aston Villa is also good on schedule to reach the last eight where they can still meet the Reds of Arne Slot after their impressive 3-1 win against Club Brugge in Belgium on Tuesday evening.
The villains have already received £ 58.67 million in prize money from the group phase where they were put together in eighth place after beating Celtic 4-2 to prevent an unwanted play-off collision.
Last season, reaching the quarterfinals was worth more than £ 9.1 million, which means that this period has been a remarkable £ 1.4 million walk.
Every Champions League group win was worth a bonus of £ 1.8 million. Moreover, each position in the table was worth an extra £ 230,000.
The City of Manchester is supposed to have brought £ 63.89 million after ending in 22nd place before they deposited into the play-offs after an aggregated defeat of 6-3 against Holders Real Madrid.
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