Dundee United don’t yet know how much Uefa cash is coming to Tannadice thanks to Lawrence Shankland’s involvement with Scotland in the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
The Tangerines are one of 676 clubs across 55 member associations set to benefit financially from a decision made by European football’s governing body regarding the release of over £60 million for clubs with international players.
Clubs would have received money for allowing their players to take part in qualifiers, play-offs and in the finals, which were due to take place this summer.
An initial payment would have been paid after the play-offs but, with the tournament now suspended until 2021 and those fixtures not taking place, Uefa has decided to release those funds sooner to help clubs during the current financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Shankland made his Scotland debut as a substitute in Russia and then scored in his first start at home to San Marino.
The payments will range from £2,800 to £550,470 per club, with United near the lower end of the scale.
A Uefa statement read: “The Uefa Executive Committee decided to release immediately the club benefit payments related to the clubs’ contribution to Uefa national team competitions in light of the current crisis and the financial difficulties many clubs are facing across Europe.
“Such payments were originally scheduled to be made on completion of the European qualifiers play-offs, but given the challenges faced by clubs that are having to meet ongoing financial commitments while seeing revenues dry up during the Covid-19 lockdowns, payments will now be made immediately, as follows:
“€50million (£43.6million) will go to clubs having released players for the 39 national teams not involved in the European qualifiers play-offs.
“€17.7million (£15.4million) will go to clubs having released players for the 16 national teams taking part in the European qualifiers play-offs (not including payments for the play-off matches, which will be paid on completion of the play-offs).
“The balance of €2.7m (£2.3million) – related to players released for the play-offs – will be distributed upon completion of the play-off matches in the autumn.
“These payments will benefit a very high number of clubs all over Europe and will give them vital breathing room at a critical time.”
