Friday 20 March 2015 14:47, UK
FIFA has announced it will distribute £142m to clubs as compensation for the release of players involved in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
FIFA, which has agreed the deal with the European Club Association (ECA) following the decision to switch the finals from the summer to November and December, will also pay clubs the same amount for their players' involvement in the 2018 tournament in Russia.
A total of £47.5m was given to clubs with players involved in last year's World Cup in Brazil, with the compensation distributed to teams for the 2010 finals in South Africa £27.13m.
ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "These payments will benefit clubs from around the world who release World Cup players to their respective national associations.
"From an ECA perspective, this agreement is a great achievement. It marks another milestone for club football as a whole."
Rummenigge said that clubs will also have a say on the changes to the international calendar to accommodate the 2022 World Cup.
"In serious and fair negotiations, the ECA has agreed with FIFA on a transparent economic and organisational co-operation until 2022," he said.
"For the first time, the European clubs will have a direct say on the international match calendar, which was very important to me personally. As a result, the ECA will be actively involved and contribute constructively to the design of the calendar, especially for 2022."
Meanwhile, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has revealed the host nation for the 2026 World Cup will be chosen by the FIFA Congress in May 2017.
Valcke said FIFA's executive committee was expected to approve the regulations for the bidding process at its next meeting in May and that the tournament should be played in the traditional slot of June and July.
He added that the campaign "will be transparent from the first minute of the process until the decision-making."
Under new rules following the controversy over the 2018 and 2022 World Cup awards, the hosts will be chosen by the 209 member associations of FIFA at a vote in Kuala Lumpur, instead of just the executive committee.
