Heart of Midlothian are set to earn a six-figure windfall from the World Cup following recent call-ups.
Craig Gordon and Lawrence Shankland have had their places confirmed in the Scotland squad for the tournament, while Cammy Devlin is in Australia's provisional squad, with it to be confirmed on June 1.
For each player Hearts have at the World Cup, they will receive a solidarity payment through FIFA's Club Benefits Programme.
FIFA states: "The success of every tournament also relies on the active collaboration and support of clubs from across the global football ecosystem. The FIFA Club Benefits Programme was created to share tournament revenues with clubs in return for their release of their players to participate in the FIFA World Cup."
For the 2022 World Cup, FIFA allocated around £155million through the FIFA Club Benefits Programme. It worked out at around £8,150 per player, per day, from the release for the competition to the date of the national team's last match.
FIFA has increased its outlay for the programme for the World Cup to around £264million. However, for the first time, that allocation will be "adjusted to now allow every club whose players directly feature either in the FIFA World Cup 26 qualifiers or the final tournament to receive a share of the solidarity fund".
It has not been confirmed how much the daily participation figure will be, but it is expected to be an increase on 2022.
With Scotland playing their final group stage game on June 24 against Brazil in Miami, Hearts will be looking at a minimum solidarity payment of £200,000 for Shankland and Gordon each.
Add in Devlin and with only the bottom-placed sides in the group exiting after the group stage, the club could see upwards of £750,000.
Both Gordon and Devlin are out of contract at Hearts this summer but the club will still benefit.
As per FIFA: "The programme compensates not only the club where each participating player is registered at the time of the tournament, but also any other clubs where such players applied their trade during the two-year “qualification” phase that precedes the tournament."
Hearts will have a third player at the tournament with Scotland. Liam McFarlane was confirmed as a training goalkeeper. However, since he is not part of the official World Cup squad, it is unlikely the club will be rewarded for that through the FIFA Club Benefits Programme.
