BBC reveals how much Liverpool could lose from failing to qualify for Champions League

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The top 5 race for the Champions League spots is heating up this season with BBC giving Liverpool a sobering reality on the finance front. Image Credits: Imago Images The race for next season’s Champions League places is turning into a slog, and Liverpool have picked the worst possible time to stumble.

Four English clubs reached the Champions League knockouts this season and those results, combined with strong showings in the Europa League and Conference League, have effectively nailed down one of the two “European Performance Spots” on offer. Football finance expert Kieran Maguire explains that dropping out of the Champions League could end up costing Liverpool in the region of £120m once all revenue streams are taken into account.

UEFA figures show the scale of the gap: Liverpool earned around €98.1m (about £85.3m) in distributions for reaching the last 16 of the Champions League in 2024‑25, compared to just €26.8m (around £23.3m) for a Europa League quarter-final run the season before That lost prize money is only the start. BBC UEFA Champions League