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    FA deny £400k World Cup bonus plans

    By Soccernet staff

    Saturday, October 10, 2009

    The Football Association have denied reports that they are negotiating a deal which would earn England players a World Cup bonus of £400,000 each if the Three Lions triumph in South Africa next year. Saturday's newspapers suggested the FA are earmarking £5.5 million to be split between the 23-man squad should England win the World Cup for the first time since 1966. That would see each member collect a tidy sum, although in some cases it is not even a month's wages for their clubs. It could ...

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