Tottenham's season very much hinges on the Europa League after a year to forget in the Premier League. Currently 14th in the league table and ten points adrift of the top half, the Europa League appears to be the club's only realistic route into European competition for next season.
If Spurs can lift the trophy in Bilbao at the end of May then it would secure them a place in the 2025/26 edition of the Champions League. If not, it will be season without European football for Ange Postecoglou's men unless they can put an incredible run together in the Premier League and other results go their way.
The north London club were previously the bookies' favourites to win the Europa League but Athletic Club and Manchester United have since overtaken them. Tottenham have a quarter-final double-header against Eintracht Frankfurt to look forward to next month, with Lazio or Bodo/Glimt their opponents in the semi-final if they progress past their German opponents.
As ever, there is prize money to be won in the Europa League and Tottenham have already secured a sizeable amount because of their performance in the competition so far. In addition to the £3.64million each club taking part in the 36-team league phase received, teams had the chance to top up their money by earning £379,000 for a league-phase win and £126,000 for a league-phase draw.
Further money is then on offer for how far a club progresses in the competition, with £5.9million to be awarded to each team reaching the final. Whoever triumphs in May's final receives a further £5million on top of their money for making the showpiece finale.
So, ahead of Tottenham's quarter-final tie against Eintracht Frankfurt next month, football.london has taken a look at the club's prize money in the 2024/25 Europa League so far.
Europa League prize money
Winner: £10.95million
Runner-up: £5.9million
Semi-finalists: £3.54million
Quarter-finalists: £2.11million
Round of 16: £1.47million
Reaching knockout round play-off: £250,000
Top-eight finish: £500,000
League-phase wins: £379,000
League-phase draws: £126,000
League-phase defeats: £0
Tottenham's prize money so far
Tottenham secured a total of £2.147million from the newly-formed league phase. Playing a total of eight matches as they looked to seal a place in the knockout phase of the competition, Spurs won five games, drew two and lost just the once in Turkey against Galatasaray.
A total of £1.895million was added to the coffers for five league phase wins, with an additional £252,000 for their two draws bringing the total to £2.147million.
Tottenham 3-0 Qarabag (£379,000)
Ferencvaros 1-2 Tottenham (£379,000)
Tottenham 1-0 AZ (£379,000)
Galatasaray 3-2 Tottenham (£0)
Tottenham 2-2 Roma (£126,000)
Rangers 1-1 Tottenham (£126,000)
Hoffenheim 2-3 Tottenham (£379,000)
Tottenham 3-0 Elfsborg (£379,000)
Total = £2.147million
Spurs then earned a further cash boost of £2.092million after finishing fourth in the league-phase table as each position was worth £63,400. That figure was in addition to the £3.64million just for taking part in the league phase.
A top-eight finish secured another £500,000, with £1.47million added to the kitty for reaching the round of 16 and £2.11million coming in after beating AZ Alkmaar over two legs to secure their place in the quarter-finals. If you crunch the above numbers together and add the £2.147million then it brings about a grand total of £11.959million in prize money so far.
Reaching the league phase: £3.64million
Finishing fourth in the league phase: £2.092million
Top eight: £500,000
Round of 16: £1.47million
Quarter-finals: £2.11million
Total = £9.812million
What can Tottenham still earn?
If Tottenham can get the better of Eintracht Frankfurt over two legs they will receive £3.54million for reaching the semi-finals of the competition. A place in the final nets £5.9million but that figure would increase to £10.95million if Tottenham were to get their hands on the trophy at San Mames Stadium on Wednesday, May 21.
So, there is the possibility that Tottenham can still earn an extra £14.49million in prize money in this season's Europa League. Add that to the £11.959million banked so far and that would total a potential windfall of just shy of £26.5million in prize money.
It may be a small figure in comparison to potential Champions League earnings but it is certainly not something that can be sniffed at.
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