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Chelsea European Cup wins the UEFA Cup and has the right to choose to play in the Champions League or the European League, but the championship bonus is a bit shabby

7:05pm, 28 May 2025【Football】

Chelsea successfully won the top 5 in the league in the final match of the Premier League and successfully obtained the ticket to the Champions League next season. However, if Chelsea wins the UEFA Cup, according to the rules and regulations of UEFA, Chelsea needs to "choose" to continue playing in the UEFA Champions League next season, or play in the UEFA Cup as the UEFA Cup champion. Many Chelsea fans say that this rule is "take off their pants and fart them too much."

If Chelsea really has a choice, it may be a 99.9% chance to choose to play the Champions League with a generous bonus, but the original intention of UEFA's rules and regulations is to protect teams in other small European leagues. Because if the European Cup championship is won by the champion teams in the second and third-tier leagues, their UEFA Champions League qualification is only a qualifying match. If they lose or get out, they will have nothing. Instead, they can directly enter the main stage of the group stage by playing in the Europa League. Therefore, for small-scale teams, this "right to choose" is still very necessary.

In addition, if Chelsea wins the UEFA Cup, it will receive a championship bonus of 5.9 million pounds. However, the bonus of the main player Palmer in the team will be "lower". It is related to the allocation of the bonus of L.S. and is determined based on the number of players' appearances. Palmer has not registered in the UEFA Cup League. This season, the UEFA Cup has only played 3 main starts and 4 substitutes. Compared with other teammates as many as 13 main starts and 1 substitute, Palmer's bonus may be much less.