It is expected that each player will be presented with Rolls-Royce vehicles to congratulate Saudi Arabia’s players who defeated Argentina 2-1 in the first group match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals.
On the 22nd, when Saudi Arabia, ranked 51st in the FIFA rankings, defeated third-placed Argentina, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud promised adequate compensation, including a gift of one Rolls-Royce car per player, the Beijing Youth reported Daily, Chinese media, on the 25th. .
Crown Prince bin Salman, who is known as the richest person in the world with a personal asset of about 2,500 trillion won, is known as the most influential person in Saudi. He recently said, “To celebrate the biggest win in the history of the World Cup, we will be presenting first-class vehicles to all the players of the national team, including starting players, substitutes, and players who have not played. ”
The media estimated that the price of expensive luxury vehicles to be presented by Crown Prince Bin Salman would reach 450,000 dollars (about 600 million won) per car, and that a total of 11.7 million dollars (about 15.5 billion earned) is provided to the car. 26 national teams. It is not known if this compensation includes the manager and coaches, but the media predicted that there will be more compensation than the players.
In addition, if Saudi Arabia, who are currently in Group C of the final round, gain an advantage in games like Poland and Mexico and progress to the round of 16, there is a very likely prize money more is awarded to them. .
Indeed, during the 2006 World Cup in Germany, King Abdullah offered Saudi Arabia an official incentive prize of 15.62 million dollars (about 20.7 billion won) to advance to the quarterfinals. Compared to the prize money of the final winning team in Germany at the time, which was 10.41 million dollars, the prize money was higher.
When the Saudi Arabian national team advanced to the round of 16 at the time of the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at the time showed exceptional motivation to pay each player, such as a Mercedes Benz sedan and $100,000.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince bin Salman drew attention by appearing before the World Cup opener in Qatar on the 21st. He watched the game from the seat next to the FIFA president and showed the presence of the Middle East’s best player in the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East.
Jang Ji-min, Hankyung.com guest reporter newsinfo@hankyung.com
