Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock has shed some light on the huge bonuses his team-mates received after the momentous Champions League victory of 2005.

This not only deprived him of taking part in an iconic game but also meant he missed out on the substantial bonuses on offer.

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In a recent appearance on the Undr the Cosh podcast (via The Mirror), Warnock candidly admitted: "I remember thinking at the time - it shouldn't come into it, but it did - it was one of the biggest games of football's year, but our bonus was massive either way.

And I was thinking, 'F***ing hell, that's a massive amount of money.' Because I wasn't on much money at the time.

However, he still wasn't braced for the vast sums on offer for a Champions League final.

He continued: "So, the other part of that is me thinking, 'F***ing hell, that's a nice, lovely bonus, that, either way.

I've come from thinking [the] last year thinking I'm gonna be playing in the Championship with Coventry, being on decent-ish money, but nowhere near that sum of money."

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The retired full-back went on to say Steven Gerrard attempted to console him on the field in Istanbul and assured him he'd "get him his money," because the squad sympathised with what happened between him and Benitez

However, Warnock still hasn't seen a cent of those Champions League winnings.