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The Champions League isn't just about the glamour and prestige of being crowned the greatest team in Europe.

It's also about the money. The readies. The cold, hard cash.

Hence the brow-furrowing in the boardrooms of Arsenal and Chelsea having this season missed out on a top-four Premier League finish and a place in Europe's elite competition.

The Champions League means big bucks. And Liverpool have been earning their share on the road to Kiev.

Jurgen Klopp's side will take home more than £70million should they defeat Real Madrid in the final on May 26.

Even if they fall short, they'll still take home a healthy slice of the prize money.

Under current Champions League rules, clubs are given prize money dependent on their results in the group stage, how far they progress in the competition along with their share of what is called the market pool, which is split according to the proportional value of each television market.

Liverpool earned 2m euros for getting through their qualifying play-off against Hoffenheim plus 12.7m euros for appearing in the group stage, where their record of three wins and three draws earned them 6.4m euros.

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Appearing in the first knockout round was worth a further 6m euros, the quarter-finals 6.5m euros and the semi-finals 7.5m euros.

Winning the competition earns 15.5m euros, while the runners-up are handed 11m euros.

The market pool, meanwhile, will have earned the Reds 26.1m euros.

This figure is some way short of the market pool share of Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, as all three finished above Liverpool in the previous season's Premier League table.

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The market pool share is split into two halves. The first sees the Premier League champions take home roughly 40% of the share, second place 30%, third 20% and fourth 10%. The second is based on number of games played in the Champions League that season.

With Liverpool finishing fourth this season, it's a shortfall they'll again encounter next campaign.

For comparison, in this season's Champions League Chelsea have earned a total of £55.5m, Manchester City £53.8m, Tottenham Hotspur £51.9m and Manchester United £33.6m.

United's total is significantly lower due to them having qualified for the competition by winning the Europa League last season.

If Liverpool beat Real Madrid, they will end up with 82.7m euros (£72.3m). Lose, and they'll be awarded 78.2m euros (£68.4m).

Real will earn 87m euros if they win, due to them having a higher share of Spain's market pool.

But for all the bonus of such swathes of cash, it's lifting the shimmering silverware for a sixth time that matters most to Liverpool.