See How Much #Ighalo And Each Al Hilal Players Will Get If They Win Real Madrid At Club World Cup Final—For reaching the Club World Cup final, Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo and other Al-Hilal players will each receive one million Saudi Riyals (£222,000) from billionaire Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud.
In addition, the Saudi Prince promised each Al Hilal player $1,000,000 if they won the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday.
This was stated in a statement posted on the NPFL Updates Facebook page early on Wednesday.
Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud has pledged one million Saudi Riyal (£222k) to each Al-Hilal player for reaching the Club World Cup Final and a further one million if they win the tournament.”
Al-Hilal beat Copa Libertadores Champions, Flamengo in the semi-finals to reach the final, and will now face the winner from the Al Ahly of Egypt and Real Madrid match in the final.
As stated in the statement, Al-Hilal faced Brazilian club Flamengo in the Club World Cup semi-finals in Morocco on Tuesday night. Despite being considered the favourites to advance, the Saudi club defeated them 3-2 to set up a meeting with either Real Madrid or Al Ahly.
The second semi-finals match between the Spanish La Liga giants and the Egyptian giants will begin at 20:00 in Morocco later tonight.
The winner will face Odion Ighalo and his teammates on Saturday, February 11 at 20:00.