There could hardly be a worse summer for Liverpool and their owners, Fenway Sports Group, to find themselves outside the Champions League.
The Reds will have their faces pressed up to what is probably the Art Nouveau glass of Europe's premier competition when the draw is made on August 25 by UEFA and Jurgen Klopp will be made to wait until September 1 for his own continental fate when the Europa League draw is concluded.
Klopp insists he will feel no difference when the Reds kick-off their European campaign later this year and recent history in the competition - against Villarreal, Manchester United and most notably Borussia Dortmund - has provided just as authentic an Anfield experience as the Champions League at times when it comes to those 'famous European nights'.
