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Premiership clubs will receive a record £4m between them in UEFA solidarity payments.

The financial boost comes off the back of Celtic qualifying for last season's Champions League group stage and will earn each of the 11 other top flight sides from last season around £370k with payments due tomorrow.

It's the largest payment paid out to Scottish clubs and more than double the £1.8m clubs received last year, while they received just £400k in 2015.

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The payments also earn Rangers and St Johnstone more money than their own European runs this season, while Aberdeen earned only slightly more.

Both Rangers and St Johnstone were knocked out of the Europa League in the first qualifying round to Luxembourg minnows Progres Niederkorn and Lithuanian side Trakai respectively.

That earned them just £195,789 each while Aberdeen earned £418,899 from their run to the third qualifying round.

Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, said: “This is very welcome news and a further sign that clubs prospering in European football is a boon not just for them but for others in the Ladbrokes Premiership, too.

“Having a Scottish representative in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League enhances the profile of the SPFL and brings financial benefits to other top-flight clubs via these solidarity payments.”