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Liverpool's successes in the last several years under Jurgen Klopp is putting them on course for a seat with the financial elite in world football, according to Deloitte's latest iteration of its annual Football Money League.

The Reds are the current holders of the Champions League crown and Premier League runners-up and sit 14 points clear at the top of the table this time around, while on course to defend their European cup.

These achievements are being played out in front of an ever-expanding Anfield, leading to rapidly-growing match day revenues; and with Liverpool also set to take their commercial operations to the next level through a kit deal with Nike from the beginning of next season.

Last season, on their road to Champions League glory, Liverpool generated revenues of €604.7million (£533million), according to Deloitte.

Although this kept the club in seventh-place, it closed significantly the gap on Premier League winners Manchester City, whose revenues were €610.6million (£538.2million).

This gap of just £5million compares to a chasm of around £50million in 2017/18, Deloitte's figures say.

Liverpool's income from last season put them within touching distance of a top-five spot, a deep ambition of the club according to the auditor.

French giant Paris Saint-Germain, the fifth-placed side, brought in a reported €635.9million last season but will be looking over their shoulder as Klopp's men continue to sweep all in front of them domestically and abroad.

German champions Bayern Munich (€660.1million) sit above PSG, below Manchester United (€711.5million) and Real Madrid (€757.3million). La Liga champions Barcelona sit far above the pack, on €840.8million.

"Liverpool's long-term ambitions of a top five Money League position in future editions are not unrealistic," Deloitte claims, "particularly if the club can build on its recent on-pitch success in the Premier League and in winning the 2019 UEFA Champions League."

Publication of the figures for Liverpool - which are due to officially reveal accounts for 2018/19 in the coming weeks - comes just weeks after the club were crowned victors of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.

Going into 2020/21, Liverpool will also be boosted by reports that Manchester United, the third-placed team, will see a vast reduction in revenues given its failures to qualify for the Champions League.