Spain players will each receive €720,000 if they retain the FIFA World Cup trophy

Spain players will each receive €720,000 if they retain the FIFA World Cup trophy

Spain players will each receive €720 000 if
they retain the FIFA World Cup trophy at
Brazil 2014.
The players and technical staff all have this
incentive to play for, which is 20 percent
higher than in 2010, according to AS.
If Spain make it through the first knockout
round this year, the players and staff will
receive €72 000, while for a semi-final
appearance the bonus will be €180 000. A
final appearance and they will each receive
€360 000.
The Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF)
met with player representatives Iker Casillas
and Xavi Hernandez to decide the bonus
structure, with RFEF secretary general Jorge
Perez and the director of the national team,
Maria Jose Claramunt, also in attendance.
The financial incentives are the highest on
offer from any nation at this year's World
Cup. Brazil, the tournament hosts, are
offering €330 000 to their players. Germany's
squad would each receive €300 000.