Europa League winners Aston Villa will have banked at least 52.6m euros (£45.6m) for winning Uefa's second-tier club competition this season. For reaching the league phase of the Europa League, Villa were given 4.31m euros (£3.7m). Villa earned 1.75m euros (£1.5m) for reaching the last 16, 2.5m euros (£2.2m) for getting to the quarter-finals and an additional 4.2m euros (£3.6m) for getting into the semi-finals.
To be here, in 2026, as captain of Aston Villa is incredible. The average age of Aston Villa's starting XI was 29 years and 342 days, the third-oldest for a Europa League final after Fulham against Atletico de Madrid in 2010 (30y 245d) and Sevilla against Roma in 2023 (30y 53d).
