How much have Chelsea now made at Club World Cup?
Chelsea and Manchester City are already quids in from playing in the Fifa Club World Cup - and they could yet end up earning loads more.Chelsea's win over Benfica in the last 16, worth about £9.6m, takes their prize pot to more than £40m.There is a further £15.3m at stake if they are able to get past Brazilian side Palmeiras in Saturday's quarter-final.Meanwhile, Manchester City have earned prize money of roughly £37.8m so far, with their last-16 tie against Al-Hilal still to come on Tuesday.City bagged the most of any team during the group stage as the only side to win all three of their matches.Enzo Maresca's side were beaten by Flamengo in Group D, a defeat which cost the Blues about £1.5m.It is less than four weeks since Chelsea paid £30m to sign Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap, who scored in their 3-0 win over ES Tunis. But that transfer fee has probably been paid off already - or near enough - by the Blues' prize money.Or else it has pretty much covered the £29m they will pay for Palmeiras winger Estevao Willian after the Club World Cup.
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