Hugh McElvaney’s ears just perked up.
Much like the Councillor from Co. Monaghan, the FAI are loathe to say no to a bit of money – and there’s some amount of it accruing to our involvement in next year’s European Championships.
According to this tweet from Emmet Malone, UEFA’s announcement today confirms that Irish football stands to earn at least €8 million, thanks to our play-off win in Bosnia.
Uefa confirm 50 per cent rise in total prize money for Euro2016. Number of teams up by 50 per cent too so FAI guaranteed €8 million again.
— emmet malone (@emmetmalone) December 11, 2015
John Delaney better be ready to buy Martin O’Neill, Jon Walters and the rest of the team’s heroes some decent Christmas pressies after this news.
