Paris not only wins but also wins money! In the first year of the new Champions League reform, they became the biggest winners

This night on June 1, 2025 is destined to be recorded in the club's golden history by Paris Saint-Germain. In Munich, Germany, they defeated Inter Milan with a shocking score of 5-0 and won the first Champions League championship trophy in club history. What is even more enviable is that behind this trophy, not only glory, but also sky-high bonus income of more than 118 million euros!

In the just-reorganized 2024-25 Champions League, Paris achieved a true "win-win" - both winning the game and making a lot of money.

The prize pool for this Champions League has increased by a full 400 million euros overall compared with the previous season. The new competition system, new confrontation and new popularity naturally also brings more sponsorship and broadcast funds. UEFA is not stingy, and spread this "golden egg" to the clubs with outstanding performance in a more attractive way. So we see a profit ranking that subverts the past.

Paris Saint-Germain ranks first on this list, with a total prize of an astonishing 118.17 million euros!

They not only won the Champions League, but also won the championships in all domestic competitions in the season and became the "four crowns". This "report card" is their confidence in making money from the bonus pool. Some people say that Paris is a team that is piled up by money, but this time, they completed a counterattack based on their strength and dominance, and at the same time transformed the "money ability" into real capital returns.

Surprisingly, Inter Milan's winning income was as high as 115.59 million euros, only about 2.6 million euros less than Paris. Inter Milan's stable performance in the group stage and knockout stage, coupled with the combined combination of factors such as finals and market share, despite losing the final battle, they still reaped the richest European gains in the team's history.

followed closely by Barcelona and Arsenal, winning 82.65 million and 82.37 million euros respectively. Especially Arsenal, the Premier League powerhouse that has returned to the Champions League knockout stage, has finally seen the dawn of business and competition progress in the new season of the Champions League.

The surprise is also the veteran Premier League team Aston Villa, who ranked among the top five with 63.79 million euros, allowing many people to re-recognize this reborn traditional giant. Although traditional tycoons such as Real Madrid, Bayern, and Liverpool are still among the top ten, they are obviously not as high as before.

Among them, Real Madrid's Champions League revenue this season was 62.27 million euros, Bayern had 61.99 million, and Liverpool had 56.92 million. This change also shows from another perspective that if the "old wealthy families" cannot continue to be the best in their performance under the new competition system, their commercial influence and bonus money-making ability will gradually be eroded by the "new king".

The new order is taking shape and the traditional pattern is disintegrating.

And the beneficiaries of all this are obviously reconstructed strong teams like Paris and Inter Milan. They are no longer just background boards, no longer stop at the semi-finals, but truly stand at the top of the pyramid through their grades. Paris's profits in financial statements will undoubtedly greatly enhance the club's market valuation and bring greater brand dividends. Perhaps the deeper impact of this change is the guiding role of the entire European football economy. When the bonus structure is more transparent and the return mechanism is more reasonable, more clubs will re-examine the trade-offs between "steady" and "trying to take a try".

The future Champions League will no longer be the "treasury" of a few giants, but will become a stage for more teams to display and monetize. The rise of "quasi-wealthy families" such as Villa, Dortmund and Atletico Madrid will make the Champions League no longer dull, but more full of competition and freshness.

Of course, this "sky-from-sky prize" in Paris also brought considerable challenges. Once core players such as Mbappe leave the team, how should they maintain competitiveness and continue to write the championship? If the new player does not adapt, the lineup crack may also magnify overnight.

But at least at this historic node, Paris was successful. They took the lead in taking advantage of the biggest bonus under the new competition system, gaining both fame and fortune, and becoming famous all over the world in one battle.

Who will dominate the future Champions League? Who will quietly catch up from behind? What is certain is that in the new European war era where both bonuses, honors and strategies are equal, European football is no longer what it used to be in the old order.