68 Million ??? pays to be a big side

[Courtney]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=622 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=622 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=white11 vAlign=center background=images/t2-bg.gif>£68m boost for Champions League winners</TD><TD width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle width=622 background=images/t2-centerbg.gif colSpan=3><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="67%"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 21px; PADDING-LEFT: 21px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A study for sponsors Mastercard, claims that whoever wins this season's Champions League competition will net up to £68million, a figure which excludes additional prize money from UEFA and gate receipts.</SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">KRC Research also discovered that the winning team's home city also receives a large cash injection. It is claimed that the city of Liverpool benefited to the tune of £47m last year following our success in the competition.</SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">With Liverpool having now progressed to the group stages of the Champions League, you can see just how important qualification is. Even if we fail to lift the trophy in Athens on May 23rd, we'll still rake in millions just by participating.</SPAN>


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