As they have done in recent seasons,  Real Madrid  have scrupulously followed the performance-related bonues agreed with the first team squad. This season, the players are owed a tidy windfall  for winning four trophies in 2017: The  Champions League,the  league   and both Super Cups.

Back in June, details of the bonuses on offer for  winning a  League-Champions League double  were revealed  – a feat  Madrid  have not managed since the 1950s. Madrid’s captains agreed a bonus of 1.5 million euros for winning the two major trophies. Then there was an extra bonus for  winning the  UEFA Supercup  against  Manchester United  and then the  Spanish Supercup  against  Barcelona. The bonus for winning both of those trophies was 250,000 euros.

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Diario AS  understands that the first team players received payments in their bank accounts today corresponding to the bonuses. Every member of the first team squad and training staff has received one million euros net   plus an extra, special pre-Christmas bonus of 110,000 euros. It is worth noting that these bonuses are not tax-free and that Madrid’s autonomous Community will retain 52% of the total each player received in tax