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Scottish Premiership clubs will receive a record £4m

Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:33 pm

Scottish Premiership clubs will receive a record £4m from UEFA solidarity payments on Thursday.

Wednesday 18th October 2017

Celtic's qualification for the group stage of last season's Champions League secured the windfall.

The other 11 sides who played in the SPFL's top division last year, including relegated Inverness Caledonian Thistle, are now to be rewarded with £370,000 each in solidarity payments.

It will be the largest sum paid out to Scottish clubs, more than double the £1.8m total handed out by European football's governing body last year and ten times that of 2015.

Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, said: "This is very welcome news and a further sign that clubs prospering in European football is a boon not just for them but for others in the Premiership, too.
"Having a Scottish representative in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League enhances the profile of the SPFL and brings financial benefits to other top-flight clubs via these solidarity payments."
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