Liverpool will bank a record £93m in UEFA prize money should they defeat Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are already assured of the majority of that sum for making it to Paris, with the winners earning £3.8m more than the beaten finalists but Real stand to earn £102m owing to a superior ten-year coefficient.
The Anfield club are looking to win their seventh European Cup against 13-times champions Real at Stade de France in a repeat of the 2018 final at the end of a campaign in which they won both domestic cups and finished a single point behind Manchester City in the Premier League.
The Champions League takings are derived from a combination of past performances and results during the current campaign, with teams rewarded for progressing to each subsequent round.
All 32 clubs to qualify for the group stages received a base payment of €15.6m (£13.1m) after earning another payment based on their ten-year coefficient (for Liverpool that was worth €22.7m [£19.3m].
Group stage wins were worth an additional €2.8m (£2.4m) with draws earning clubs €930,000 (£784,000).
Reaching the round of 16 earned an additional €9.6m (£8.1m)
Quarter-finalists made €10.6m (£9m)
Making the last four is worth €12.5m (£10.5m)
And the finalists get €15.5m (£13.1m) with €4.5m (£3.8m) for the champions
Those figures do not include matchday or broadcast income, meaning the club’s overall takings for the campaign will exceed well in excess of £100m.
They will receive a share of UEFA’s market pool, effectively a €300m (£253m) pot of broadcasting money. Liverpool are entitled to 30% of the amount reserved for Premier League sides after finishing second in the table last season.
A win over Real will also lead to an additional €3.5m (£3m) for participating in August’s Super Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt, who beat Rangers on penalties in the Europa League final.
Liverpool were boosted ahead of the game with the news that forward Mo Salah is committed to remaining at the club beyond this summer. The Egypt star has one-year remaining on his current deal but could sign a new contract.
“In my mind, I don’t focus on the contract at all at the moment,” he said at the club’s media day. “I don’t want to be selfish. I said two months ago, it’s all about the team now. It’s a really important week for us, so I am just focused on the team.
“I want to win the Champions League again. I want to see Hendo [Jordan Henderson] with the trophy again and hopefully he will give it to me after. I am just focused on the team and don’t want to talk about my contract but I am staying next season for sure.”
