Comments on: Taking another look at the money distributed in UEFA Competitions http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/11/30/taking-another-look-at-the-money-distributed-in-uefa-competitions/ If he has a chihuahua character, I can't make a chihuahua into a rottweiler. He could be a proud chihuahua but he remains a chihuahua. - Paolo Di Canio Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Adam http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/11/30/taking-another-look-at-the-money-distributed-in-uefa-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-8835 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:37:21 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4501#comment-8835 If Liverpool make the Champions League next season they’ll take virtually no financial hit.

The big money is in the group stage of the Champions League. So if you miss out on that you’re missing out on about 20 million Euros, plus the extra gate revenues, merch sales etc that those games bring to you.

Based upon last years structure:

If an English team got into the Europa League from the start and won it all, they’d see about 10 million Euros.

If an English team got into the group stage of the Champions league and lost all the games in their group (no Europa League then) they’d get about 17-20 million Euros, in addition to the money from the 3 games.

It’s not such a huge gap that it’d put you into financial ruin, but it certainly doesn’t help.

]]> By: Kevin http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/11/30/taking-another-look-at-the-money-distributed-in-uefa-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-8834 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:39:38 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4501#comment-8834 So I understand this a lot better now…what I am not clear on is when does the financial difference hit…during this/current season or the following season?

]]> By: Adam http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/11/30/taking-another-look-at-the-money-distributed-in-uefa-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-8833 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:16:24 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4501#comment-8833 Yeah. They’ll be fine this season. They actually stand to make a little more money off this than they would have in the Champions League, assuming that they would have lost in the 1st knockout round.

Last season Werder Bremen sort of got to double dip in regards to the UEFA Cup and CL money. They got about 15 million from their Champions League “market pool” and another 5 from the UEFA Cup “Market pool” Bremen had a high market pool because only they and Bayern had to split it from Germany, but Liverpool will probably get at least 10 from the CL and 3-4 from Europa, and if they win it they stand to make about 10 more.

The big thing they need to focus on though is making the CL next season, because they would stand to lose at least 20-30 million Euros.

]]> By: Magnakai Haaskivi http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/11/30/taking-another-look-at-the-money-distributed-in-uefa-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-8831 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4501#comment-8831 So, basically, Liverpool isn’t totally screwed for dropping down into the Europa League…and might come out okay if they actually win the thing?

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