Aston Villa Gifted 3+ Weeks Of Scott Sinclair's Wages

Aston Villa gifted 3+ weeks of Scott Sinclair's wages



The European Club Association, an association of European football clubs, have brokered a deal with FIFA that allots part of the money from the World Cup directly to clubs based on any players they had that played. That means, thanks to World Cup attendance and performance, Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, and Philippe Senderos all earned Aston Villa some money. Unfortunately, Carlos Sánchez came along after the Cup so we don't get his sum. Well, the ECA has released their report of who got what money.

I was alerted to this story by The Siren Song, who noticed that Napoli had gotten more than €900,000. That's a nice chunk of change! So I eagerly sped over to the report, breathlessly waiting to see if we had enough to get a shiny new player in the window and, well...

Source: http://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2015/1/8/7517967/aston-vllla-world-cup-money?utm_source=astonvillacentral&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=villawire

Very interesting if true.