Champions League earnings so far revealed as Liverpool lead way on £83m and Man City bank £21m per WIN

LIVERPOOL have already banked a stunning £83million from the Champions League prize money fund despite losing their final initial stage match.

And the Anfield side could end up earning £127m in total if they now go all the way to lift the trophy for a seventh time in Munich in May.

APLiverpool banked the most money from the Champions League group stage[/caption]

APBarcelona are also among the highest earners[/caption]

AlamyArsenal picked up £75.9m from six wins and a draw in their eight games[/caption]

Arne Slot’s men took top seeding position for the knock-out stage as Barcelona conceded a late equaliser against Atalanta, even though an under-strength Anfield side were beaten by PSV Eindhoven.

That secured their place as the top earners from the expanded competition so far, with the chance to add another significant sum of up to £43.9m in performance prize money in the knock-out stage.

Liverpool’s run saw them earn £15.61m for qualifying for the competition, plus a further £12.32m for their seven wins – with each victory worth £1.76m.

The Reds picked up a further £8.3m for topping the league phase table, £1.69m for finishing in the top eight and £9.22m for booking their place in the last 16.

In addition, Liverpool had begun the competition guaranteed £35.44m, from the new version of the TV and historical market “pillar”, worth £715.5m of the total £2.07bn prize fund, plus a £570,000 share of the leftover £10.55m from the 18 draws across the 144 matches.

Arsenal, who finished third in the table after their win at Girona, are the third highest earners so far.

The Gunners have picked up £75.9m from six wins and a draw in their eight games to also go straight through to the last 16. Their share of the TV and market pillar was £29.8m.

Barcelona, who split the two Prem sides in the table, also divided them in income so far, with the Catalans earning £76.3m.

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This season’s top earners so far

GettyMan City are the seventh-highest earners so far[/caption]

Despite scraping through to the first knock-out stage with their win over Bruges, Manchester City are currently the seventh highest-earners in the competition so far.

They will be hoping to overcome Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the first knock-out round.

So far, City have bagged £62.7m, mainly due to them taking the second biggest share – £37.3m – of the broadcast and past performance pillar.

That equates to just under £21m for every match they won in the group stage – against Club Brugge, Sparta Praha and Slovan Bratislava.

That leaves them behind the two possible last 16 opponents, with Munich having earned £66.8m and Madrid £66.5m so far, as well as PSG, who have banked £67.1m courtesy of the French TV deal being the biggest signed with Uefa.

But Pep Guardiola’s side would add a further £9.2m for winning next month’s last 16 clash, taking their total to £71.9m.

By contrast, despite the win over Celtic which confirmed their place in the top eight, Aston Villa have only banked £58.8m so far, due to the Villa Park side only taking a £15.6m share of the market pot.