How Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal will pocket huge windfall if they finish in top eight of Champions League table
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LIVERPOOL, Arsenal and Aston Villa are set to receive major financial windfalls if they finish in the top eight of the Champions League. The Premier League trio currently occupy first, fourth and seventh place respectively in the 36-team table. Each of the teams participating in this season's revamped competition will take home a guaranteed £15,744,700.
![[Mohamed Salah of Liverpool FC celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mohamed-salah-liverpool-fc-celebrates-956322349.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But thanks to the new league ranking bonus system, as well as they're final position in the table, they're all in line to receive whopping bonuses. The overall bonus sum for the tournament is split into 666 equal shares which were initially each valued at £232,516 - the amount the last-placed team in the competition will receive.
![[Arsenal FC players celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29-arsenal-fc-celebrate-first-956665078.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The 35th-placed side will take home two shares, which will be allocated until the table-topper is given 36 shares. As it stands, current league leaders Liverpool will pocket a whopping £8,370,576 for 36 shares. Fourth-placed Arsenal are set to take home 33 shares, which equate to £7,673,028.
![[Aston Villa's Jhon Duran celebrates scoring a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/left-scores-celebrates-champions-league-942957155.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Aston Villa, meanwhile, are on course to rake in £6,975,480 as a seventh-placed finish will earn them 30 shares. The shares, however, will be increased due to the undisputed prize money for draws - which increase the pot by £591,675 each time. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS.
By Dan King. UEFA sold the idea of expanding the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams, with each playing eight games instead of six in the opening phase, as a way of creating more competitiveness and excitement. The biggest clubs would have two matches against their peers, rather than having to wait until the knockout stage to meet.
