 if they can beat Sevilla in tonight's UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday night. Pep Guardiola's team are in Piraeus, Greece for the annual meeting of Champions League winners and Europa League victors and another piece of silverware would boost the club's coffers again. Last season's treble was worth an estimated £250m to City. They banked about £170m in prize money for winning a fifth Premier League in six seasons. Winning the Champions League final was worth about £95m – though £90m was guaranteed for reaching the showdown with Inter Milan - while only £4m came from beating neighbours United in the FA Cup final. The losers of Wednesday's game are set to make €3m (£2.6m) for taking part. A sell-out crowd of 33,000 is expected at the Karaiskakis Stadium near Athens but one of City's biggest stars will be absent after Kevin De Bruyne was ruled out for up to four months following another severe hamstring injury. The Belgian is set to undergo surgery having come off in the league curtain-raiser against Burnley last Friday with an injury that is understood to have been a reoccurrence of the issue that affected him late last season and brought his Champions League final to a premature end. 'It's a serious injury,' Guardiola said yesterday. "We have to decide if he needs surgery or no surgery but he will be out for a few months. The decision on surgery will be taken in the coming days and could see him miss three or four months. We could say don't play but this injury could happen later. Before I took the decision I spoke to the doctor, the physio and him. He said he felt good. "I have to say the injury for Kevin is a blow for us. It's a big loss. Kevin has specific qualities which you can lose for one or two games but, for a long time, it is really tough for us. At th){kind=link}
Pep Guardiola’s team are looking to add another piece of silverware to their packed trophy cabinet on Wednesday night and victory would also provide a boost to the coffers
Manchester City stand to make â¬5m (£4.3m) if they can beat Sevilla in tonight’s UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday night.
Pep Guardiola’s team are in Piraeus, Greece for the annual meeting of Champions League winners and Europa League victors and another piece of silverware would boost the club’s coffers again.
Last season’s treble was worth an estimated £250m to City. They banked about £170m in prize money for winning a fifth Premier League in six seasons. Winning the Champions League final was worth about £95m â though £90m was guaranteed for reaching the showdown with Inter Milan – while only £4m came from beating neighbours United in the FA Cup final.
The losers of Wednesday’s game are set to make â¬3m (£2.6m) for taking part. A sell-out crowd of 33,000 is expected at the Karaiskakis Stadium near Athens but one of City’s biggest stars will be absent after Kevin De Bruyne was ruled out for up to four months following another severe hamstring injury.