Coventry could earn World Cup fees

Coventry City could be set to earn hundreds of thousands of pounds through Fifa World Cup payouts due to two squad members representing their nations at this summer's tournament. Haji Wright is set to represent hosts United States and Brandon Thomas-Asante has been called up by Ghana. Their appearances could see the Sky Blues rake in a significant amount of money based on how far their sides progress through the competition, according to Dr Tom Bason, Assistant Professor at the Resilience, Business and Society Research Centre at Coventry University. Speaking on BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire, Bason said: "Basically, Fifa recognised that during the World Cup they wanted the players to be concentrated on playing for their countries. But these are players who have contracts with their clubs, so Fifa has a programme where clubs get compensated for giving up their players for a period of time. "That's a fixed fee, per player, per day. Harry Kane for Bayern Munich will receive the exact same amount of money playing for England as Curacao's third-choice goalkeeper or Thomas-Asante at Coventry City. "Say Coventry's two players play for three weeks at the World Cup that would see Coventry earn £300,000." Listen to the full conversation in the video above or on BBC Sounds Explore more Coventry content here