Real promise bumper bonus for Champions League win

Real Madrid have promised their players a bumper bonus of 600,000 euros (826,000 dollars) each if they can secure a tenth European Cup crown this season, Marca sports daily said Sunday.

In the event of victory in the Champions League, the bonus would cost the nine-times European champions a total of 15 million euros (20.6 million dollars).

But with Real picking up a hefty 21 million euros (28.9 million dollars) in Champions League revenus by making to the last 16 last season, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon is happy to splash out.

Calderon said he is determined to win Europe's premier club competition this season and has introduced the bonus scheme from which team coach Bernd Schuster will also benefit.

The Champions League final will be held on May 21 in Moscow.

Real, who last won the Champions League in 2002, currently sit top of the Spanish first division after just two match days.