The Germans from Borussia Dortmund lost the Champions League final against Real Madrid, with a score of 0-2, but financially they can only be extremely satisfied at the end of this extensive European campaign.
The German club will receive more money in their accounts than if they had won this confrontation. And this is explained by the Jude Bellingham deal, a player transferred by Real Madrid directly from their rival in Saturday’s final, held at Wembley Stadium in London.
The Madrid team secured their 15th major European trophy, and UEFA awarded them a prize of 20 million euros just for this match. However, after Borussia sold Bellingham to Real for the sum of 103 million euros, there is a clause in the contract stating that if Bellingham wins the Champions League with Real, the Madrid team must add a bonus of 25 million euros to Dortmund.
Borussia lost their second consecutive Champions League final, following that 1-2 defeat to Bayern in 2013, also at Wembley Stadium.
Also on Saturday, it was Kroos' last match in the white jersey, as he parted ways with his team with a smile on his face, while Marco Reus leaves defeated in his last game in the yellow-black jersey. Two legendary retirements from the big football stage.