Real Madrid refuses a bonus for its U20 Intercontinental winners
No reward for the 23 academy players who won the Intercontinental Cup in September: the club says playing at the Bernabéu was already payment enough.
Real Madrid has so far refused to negotiate a bonus for the 23 academy players who won the U20 Intercontinental Cup in September. According to MARCA, the club told their representatives that playing at the Bernabéu was already reward enough, with a line that stung: “What better bonus than playing at the Bernabéu”.
A harsher version of the message was also reported: “The club can't pay anything right now”. Most of the champions play for Castilla and Real Madrid C, whose season has started well below expectations. For the Youth League title, the club did agree to pay around 5,000 euros per player after a tough negotiation.
The final, won on 19 September against Santiago Wanderers, set a new record for attendance at a youth match, with 52,117 spectators at the Bernabéu, above the 45,656 at the Flamengo-Barcelona final in the Maracanã in August 2025.
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