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Liverpool FC could bank as much as £10million from their two friendly matches in Australia this summer.

The Reds confirmed earlier this month they would be returning Down Under following the success of their first trip to the country in 2013 when they played Melbourne Victory in front of 95,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Brendan Rodgers’ side will face Brisbane Roar at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on July 17 before taking on Adelaide United at the Adelaide Oval three days later.

The game in Adelaide is understood to be worth around £5million to the Reds with similarly lucrative terms also agreed for the match in Brisbane.

The game at the 53,000 capacity Adelaide Oval is already a sell-out, while only a small number of tickets remain for the game at the 52,000 capacity Suncorp Stadium.

The South Australian Government has paid Liverpool an appearance fee of around £800,000 but the Reds will also keep all the gate receipts from the game in Adelaide which will amount to around £3million.

That figure of £3.8million will be swelled by merchandise sales with Liverpool expected to wear their new kit following their recent record-breaking deal with New Balance.

Queensland State Government also paid a premium to ensure the Reds picked Brisbane as their first stop-off Down Under.

Kop legend Robbie Fowler is in Brisbane today to help promote the game against Brisbane Roar in his role as a Liverpool FC ambassador.

Fowler was in Melbourne for the Reds’ last game on Aussie soil two years ago.

“We as a club still talk about the MCG game,” he said.

“I think the support we had then was unreal and it was special. It’s not a clichéd answer when I say we still talk about it.

“Just get on YouTube and search ‘’You’ll Never Walk Alone at the MCG’. It was unbelievable.”

Liverpool’s trip to Australia in 2013 gave a £5million boost to the Melbourne economy and Brisbane hope to reap similar rewards.

Tourism and Events Queensland CEO Leanne Coddington said: “We are expecting a sell-out crowd to come into Brisbane for this event.

“From a Queensland perspective we hope for a larger proportion of those people to come from interstate and overseas but we also want the Brisbane community to enjoy the event.

“(We want people to) explore our destinations, not just come for the match but stay on and enjoy the city and the surrounding destinations.”

Liverpool have yet to confirm the other games on their 2015 pre-season tour. They are expected to play two matches in the Far East. Macau in China is one likely destination with the other likely to be either Indonesia or Malaysia.