LIVERPOOL will bank nearly £70million from their run to the Champions League final.

But the Reds are likely to fall short of Leicester’s English record sum from last season even if they beat Real Madrid in Kiev later this month – thanks to Manchester United.

Last season, Leicester’s run to the last eight saw them earn £73.2m.

Although it was slightly less in Euros than Manchester City cashed in 2016, exchange rate movements meant the Foxes were the biggest English earners.

But this season’s five-way split between the Prem clubs after United won the Europa League in 2017 is set to cost Liverpool a record sum.

Liverpool’s performances in the group stage, where each win or draw earns more money, and reaching the final, have earned the Anfield outfit £44.8m.

How Liverpool banked the dough

Group stage: £11.4m
Group stage wins: 3 x £1.35m = £4.05m
Group stage draws: 3 x £400,000 = £1.2m
Group stage share of “drawn match revenue”: £350,000
Last-16: £5.4m
Quarter-Finals: £5.8m
Semi-Finals: £6.7m
Winner/runner-up: £13.9m/£9.9m
Market pool share: 4th in Prem, £6.1m
Market pool share, performances: £16.81m
Total: £71.71m if win final, £67.71m if lose

Under the Uefa calculations, English sides then split £138.21m from the BT share of the “market pool” – the money paid by host broadcasters in each country.

Half of that money is split up-front, with Prem champions Chelsea taking 40 per cent, Spurs 30 per cent and Liverpool, fourth last term, earning ten per cent – around £6.1m.

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