Bayern Munich has already paid for Harry Kane with its Champions League revenue this season

There is way too much money in football.

Every season Bayern Munich makes an absurd amount of money, and this season is no different.

According to Sky Sports (via @iMiaSanMia) Bayern has already accumulated over €100 million of Champions League revenue. Their income is attributed to a combination of €86 million in UEFA bonuses, and €25 million in TV and matchday revenue. Bayern has the potential to earn even more, as €12.5 million is paid out to each semifinalist, €15.5 million Euros to the runner-up, and €20 million to the winner of the competition.

During the last summer transfer window the decision-makers at Bayern pulled the trigger on the signing of Harry Kane from Tottenham for an initial fee of €95 million (Transfermarkt).

This signing was seen by many as not only a move to replace Robert Lewandowski who left before the start of the previous season, but as an attempt to put the final piece into what fans hoped would be a treble-winning squad. This hasn’t quite gone to plan, with squad depth issues plaguing the team in the first half of the season in combination with Thomas Tuchel’s general inability to make things work at Bayern.

While the hopes of a treble are completely gone with the league being all but won by Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern having been eliminated from the DFB-Pokal, the Champions League is still a competition that could provide the Bavarians with a trophy this season.

If Bayern does manage to win the Champions League they will make a grand total of €143.5 million, plus any additional TV and matchday revenue and any income the investors at Adidas decide to funnel their way resulting from a likely increase in shirt sales following the victory.

But how likely is it that Bayern will win the Champions League? Should they really be spending all this money on transfer fees when they could be putting more toward social and environmental issues instead (Jan-Christian Dreesen if you’re reading this, this writer is willing to prepare a great pitch for a potential program involving development and environmental initiatives in low-income countries not only out of the good of your heart but to improve public perception of the club, grow the brand in those countries, and even sell carbon credits if you must— I know you like money)? Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below!