Arsenal Set to Earn Less Champions League Cash than 5th Place Liverpool Despite Premier League Title and Final Run

LIVERPOOL will be England ‘s top pre-season Champions League earners despite finishing only fifth in the Prem.

And champions will earn less than too, even if they are crowned as kings of Europe on Saturday night.

Liverpool are still going strong in the Champions League money pot despite not making it to final stages this season Credit: EPA Arsenal might be Premier League champions but Liverpol and Man City still ahead of them on the european money pot Credit: Shutterstock Editorial

Uefa’s model distributes more than 60 per cent of the total £2.11 annual prize fund before the league phase draw at the end of August.

All 36 qualified teams take an equal share of the qualification pot, worth a total £578m at today’s exchange rate.

A further £789m is then split under the “value pillar”, a calculatiion based on the TV contracts for each country and performances in European competition over both five and 10 years.

And while Liverpool’s title defence evaporated in a poor campaign that leaves Arne Slot’s long-term future clouded in doubt, reaching the last eight – where they were beaten by PSG – helped them cash in this .

France is currently the biggest TV deal – although they will be replaced by England when the next contracts kick in for the 2027-28 season – with the TNT and BBC agreement with Euro chiefs second, followed by Germany, Italy and Spain in fifth.

The five year coefficient table is topped by , followed by and PSG, with Liverpool leading the English contingent in fourth, City sixth and Arsdenal seventh.

Uefa almagates the TV and five-year table to split the “European” pot, worth a shade over £537m, with the top-placed team – Munich – taking 36 “shares of £807m and the lowest placed qualifier, likely to be Italian surprise package Como, earning a single share.

Liverpool end up second overall in that calculation, with City fourth, Arsenal fifth, – after their triumph – ninth and Manchester United 10th.

Pep Guardiola is leaving Man City but his consistent work in the Champions League has placed the club in a good place Credit: Shutterstock Editorial

There is then a similar split of the 10-year “non-European” part, worth £299 per share, with City third in those rankings, Liverpool sixth, Arsenal eighth, United 10th and Villa down in 24th and taking just 13 shares.

It means Liverpool’s total earnings, without kicking a ball, will add up to £53.59m, just ahead of City on £52.87m and Arsenal third with £50.56m.

The Gunners, though, can bump up their total Uefa earning by a further £3.45m if a win over PSG in Budapest on Saturday is followed by victory over Villa in August’s Super Cup, with the losers in that game bagging £2.59.

In total, even without the Super Cup money, the five Prem sides will pick up a staggering £245.51m before a ball is kicked in anger.

PSG, though, will be Uefa’s top earners, banking £54.99m, just ahead of Harry Kane’s Munich, on £54.27m.

Once the season starts, teams will play for a further £789m in performance-related prize money.

Team Qualification TV plus 5 year 10 year Total

Liverpool £16.07m £28.25m £9.27m £53.59m

Man City £16.07m £26.63m £10,17m £52.87m

Arsenal £16.07m £25.82m £8.67m £50.56m*

Man Utd £16.07m £21.79m £8,07m £45.93m

A Villa £16.07m £22.6m £3.89m £42.56m*

Villa have earned £2.56, for qualifying for the Super Cup, with a further £860,000 if they win. Arsenal will play them in Salzburg on August 12 if they beat PSG