250,000 Reasons For Germany Wanting To Win
The DFB (German Football Association) have announced that following talks with Michael Ballack, Bernd Schneider, Mirsoslav Klose and Jens Lehmann on Sunday, they will pay each member of the German squad up to €250,000 in bonuses and more.
Should Germany progress past the group stage, which they are expected to do, each man will receive a bonus of €50,000.
The bonus will rise to 100,000 if Germany reach the semi-final stages of Euro 2008.
Should Germany make the final, players will be guaranteed €150,000 - that payment coming if Germany lose. If Germany win the final in June, the players have been guaranteed €250,000 each.
The bonus payments, though small in comparison to what some of the squad earn in a week playing club football, might be enough to drive Germany past the group stage of the competition, something they’ve failed to two in their past two attempts. That said, they are still being tipped as favourites for the competition outright.
Germany play in Group B along with Poland, Croatia and Austria.
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I think Portugal might win it. Germany have a great record at the Euros and they are due a win, but ultimately i think it will be Portugal.
Germany is my favourite team, those who view Germany as underdogs are yet to be proven wrong ,We expect nothing sort of a win. The likes of Ballack, Podoski and Klose cannot be compared to other player THEY ARE THE WORLD STARS.
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