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That is big, but the impact will be felt lower down the club as well.

This year, Liverpool wasn't able to participate in the UEFA Youth League, the prestigious European competition for U19s sides, because the route to getting into that is via the senior team being in the Champions League.

That might not seem like a catastrophe, but it was sorely missed.

"We will still be able to get that exposure," U21s boss Barry Lewtas, who takes charge in the Youth League, told the Liverpool ECHO last year.

"But maybe the glitz and glamour of what the UEFA Youth League brings, such as the television cameras and more people coming to watch and the travel, we'll certainly miss that experience.

We won't be able to replicate that."

The UEFA Youth League offers a chance to play against teams with different styles and also the opportunity to go abroad and experience the matchday experience in another country.

It was a big developmental tool for Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones, to name just two.

Kieran Morrison and Trey Nyoni lead the players to watch out for next season in that competition, with Liverpool's Champions League qualification likely to have been celebrated as much on the academy side in Kirkby as the first team.

Getting back into Europe's premiere competition was about far more than the UEFA Youth League, of course, but it is a welcome added benefit.

Liverpool.com says: The Youth League is a brilliant competition to watch.