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Swansea City are set to earn almost £1m as a result of the involvement of their players at the 2018 World Cup.

The Swans had four players - Lukasz Fabianski, who has since joined West Ham, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Ki Sung-yueng, who has moved to Newcastle United and Martin Olsson - called up for international duty for the Russia tournament.

And as a result of an agreement between FIFA and the European Club Association (ECA), the Swans are set to receive a cash bonus due to the quartet's involvement in the competition.

A figure of $209m (£158m) has been set aside to compensate clubs who have players competing at the World Cup, with sides receiving $8,530 (around £6,460) for every day from two weeks before the beginning of the tournament to the day after their final game that their player is at the tournament.

Following Sweden's 2-0 quarter-final defeat to Gareth Southgate's England in Samara, Olsson and Nordfeldt's involvement in the global showpiece came to an end while Fabianski's Poland crashed out at the group stage.

Nordfeldt did not feature for his country at the competition while left-back Olsson's only involvement came as a substitute in his side's 1-0 last-16 triumph over Switzerland and in their loss to the Three Lions.

But the agreement between FIFA and the ECA states that it does not matter if players get game time or not in the competition.

It means the Swedish duo spent a total of 39 days each at the tournament based on the aforementioned criteria, so the Swans will earn approximately $332,670 (around £250,354) for both Olsson and Nordfeldt's involvement in the tournament.

So as a result of the pair's exploits combined, Swansea will scoop just over £500,000.

As far as Fabianski is concerned, he only featured in one group stage match for Poland who were already out of contention to reach the knockout phase when he kept a clean sheet to help his country claim a 1-0 win over Japan in their final game of the competition.

And while he is no longer at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea will still get the vast majority of the cash from the agreement, with West Ham's earnings from the goalkeeper set to be minimal.

A section of a circular sent to member associations of FIFA reads: "The total per player is distributed on a pro rata basis to the clubs with which the player was registered during the two years before the day following the last match of his representative team at the final competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup."

As Fabianski's involvement in the competition was ended after his side's triumph over Japan, it meant he spent a total of 30 days on international duty when you include the two weeks prior to the opening game of the tournament between Russia and Saudi Arabia on June 14.

So his involvement at the competition will earn Swansea and West Ham $255,900 (around £192,580), with the Swans set to bank almost all of that sum given that Fabianski has only been a Hammer for a matter of days over the course of the two-year period in which FIFA and the ECA base their pro rata share rules on.

And Ki spent 29 days in the competition as South Korea exited at the group phase, despite winning their final match of the tournament 2-0 against 2014 champions Germany.

But as Ki's contract with Swansea didn't officially expire until June 30, the Swans will receive the full amount of the $247,370 (approximately £186,196) as a result of his efforts in Russia.

Indicative example as provided by FIFA

Player X is selected to play for representative team A in the final competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

Player X is registered with club Y at the time of the final competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

Player X was transferred from club Z to club Y in the summer of 2017.

Representative team A is eliminated in the quarter-final of the final competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, which would result in a total per player for player X of USD 324,140 (38 days x USD 8,530).

The amount of USD 324,140 is shared on a pro rata basis between clubs Y and Z, based on the time player X was registered with the two clubs Y and Z in the previous two years, counting from one day after the elimination of representative team A in the final competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

(Figures are subject to any taxes and deductions)

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