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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Samuel Meade

Liverpool's Champions League defeat hands Chelsea a tidy financial windfall

Chelsea watched on as Liverpool were beaten in the Champions League final which landed them millions.

The Blues were unable to defend their European crown as they were knocked out by eventual winners Real Madrid in the last eight. Los Blancos claimed a fourteenth success in the competition thanks to Vinicius Jnr's second-half strike at the Stade de France.

One Eden Hazard was on the bench in Paris, where he remained for the Spanish giants. The Belgian is into his third season at the Bernabeu following a mega-money move from Chelsea. Hazard cost Real an initial £88.5m with add-ons potentially taking the deal up to £130m.

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