Liverpool will collect almost £100m in UEFA prize money if they win the Champions League, a record sum for any English club in European club competition.
The precise figure is expected to be around £98.1m if Jurgen Klopp's side beat Tottenham in the final (and £94.6m if they lose the final), while Spurs will collect around £93m if they win, and about £89.5m if they lose.
These sums are calculated on the basis of numerous factors, from fees received simply for making the group stage (£13.5m each) to performance bonuses for group stage wins and draws (£7.9m for Liverpool versus £6.9m for Tottenham) to extra payments for reaching the last 16 (an extra £8.4m), the last eight (£9.2m more), the semi-finals (£10.6m more) and the final (£13.2m more).
The difference between winning and not winning the biggest final in club football is only £3.5m (the difference between the cheque for the winners and runners-up).
There are two other UEFA prize revenue streams for participants, the 'market pool' share and the new 'co-efficient pool share'.
The former is calculated by a complex formula that takes into account where you finished in your domestic league the previous season and how much TV companies in your country paid UEFA for Champions League TV rights.
The latter is an 'innovation' that gives more prize money to clubs who have historically done best in Europe over a rolling period of the past decade.
IFENG
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From the view of a Financial professionals, Liverpool's board really did well. We can have a review on the Reds' incredible rise in the past years: Though they fell to defeat to Real Madrid in May, this marked the biggest step forward for the club since Fenway Sports Group took over in 2010. With Jurgen Klopp in the dugout, Liverpool are thriving on the pitch, benefiting from the excellent business acumen of FSG, and sporting director Michael Edwards. Only four English sides have ever made over £100 million in pre-tax profit, with two of those also coming last term with Arsenal (£120m) and Chelsea (£113m), while Tottenham did so in 2013/14 (£104m). This is the fourth time in the last five years Liverpool have posted a profit, amounting to £204 million over that period, having lost £176 million over the previous five. A major contributing factor within this is Edwards’ brilliant work in player sales, with the Reds making the second-most profit in sales over the past four years (£261m), behind only Chelsea (£272m) in the English top flight. But commercial and matchday income proved influential, too, with the former rising £13 million up to £154 million, and though this is only the fourth-highest in England, this is set to increase further—namely with a new kit deal that should raise £30 million a year. Liverpool’s matchday income rose £7 million to £81 million; it was £62 million before the Main Stand expansion and £43 million when FSG bought the club, which puts into context the growth which leaves them now third-highest in the league. Last season’s average home attendance was 53,049, while Anfield currently holds 54,074. Klopp’s success last season saw the club earn the joint-highest broadcast income in world football, equal to fellow Champions League finalists Real at £223 million. Their progress on the pitch has seen continued investment in terms of staff, with Liverpool’s employee headcount rising from 744 to 837 last season, and the wage bill rising from £208 million to £264 million. This is now the second-highest wage bill in the Premier League, and is set to increase in 2018/19’s accounts following the signings of Alisson, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri and a host of new contracts. They have made the highest wage growth of the ‘big six’ over the past three years. Furthermore, Liverpool set a club-record for player purchases at £195 million, though this was only fifth in the league, including behind Everton (£215m). And gross debt is down £27 million to £155 million, and while this is the sixth-highest in the Premier League, it is less than three times as much as first-placed United (£496m). Back to Gloris? Why not!
maghuns
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Kartik-thereds
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The line here “The difference between winning and not winning the finals is “only” 3.5 million” But the editor doesnt specify the goodwill aspect of the game! *The trophy you recieve *The winner medal you recieve *The name *The fame *The market price of you player *Clubs valuation *Sponser money *Players get attracted to the club in transfer market The most important for players would be: *Players will always be quoted as UEFA Champion Leauge winner of 18/19 The most important for the club is *Club will be called European Kings of 2018/19 Will “only” term is just a illusion, we dont care about the money. It is more than that for the fans!❤️ #ynwa🔴
Piwbistz
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we beat the champions of France Psg we beat the champions of Germany Bayern Munich we beat the champions of Portugal Porto we beat the champions of Spain Barcelona now we need to finish the job by beating England top4 contender Tottenham hotspur can't wait
lukzlat910
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Let's be honest, if they do win, and they spend all the 100m, everyone will start calling them a Man City 2.0 wihh oil money