The German Football Association has revealed its players will receive a bonus of 250,000 euros a man if they win Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.

The bonus scheme, agreed after captain Michael Ballack and senior players Jens Lehmann, Miroslav Klose and Bernd Schneider met with the DFB on Sunday, will see each squad member receive 50,000 euros each if they make it through the first phase.

That will rise to 100,000 euros for reaching the semi-finals and 150,000 euros if they lose in the final.

To get the full quarter of a million each, Germany will have to win the tournament for the fourth time, following successes in 1972 and 1980 as West Germany and 1996 as a united country.

It would mean a major improvement on their fortunes in the last two editions. Germany went out in the first round in 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands and 2004 in Portugal.

Reuters