Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League's clubs are waiting to see how Manchester City will be punished, and the Reds could be among those who could claim significant amounts in compensation
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 11: Liverpool fans hold a banner reading 'And after all, you really robbed us all' before the Premier League 2026/27 match between Liverpool FC and Manchester City at Anfield on October 11, 2026 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)
Liverpool may have missed out on millions as a result of Manchester City's rule breaking(Image: Getty Images)
Liverpool could have received over $69 million more had it not been for Manchester City’s rule-breaking, a new study has found.
City has, of course, been found guilty of almost all of the charges levied against it by the Premier League, including all of the charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. The club has also been accused of arranging “sham” contracts during a nine-year period between 2009 and 2018.
No punishments have yet been handed down, with City having launched an appeal as it continues to protest its innocence, and its involvement in the Premier League continues unabated after it returned to action with a 3-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday.
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The scale of City’s misdemeanors means that multiple titles could be stripped away, while other clubs are understood to be lining up compensation claims.
Any number of clubs that have competed in the Premier League since 2009 could claim to have lost out on potential money, whether it be from league placing, Champions League earnings, Europa League payments, relegation or cup final defeats.
BBC Sport has now calculated just how much each of the other clubs that played in the Premier League between 2009 and 2018 - 35 in total - may have missed out on due to City.
Liverpool fans hold up a banner
Liverpool may have missed out on millions due to Manchester City(Image: Getty Images)
The total figure lost by those teams is calculated to be £844M ($1.12BN), with City having earned £1.17BN ($1.55BN) during that time.
According to the findings, Liverpool is calculated to have missed out on a potential £52,333,449 (over $69M). More than half of that figure is attributed to the Reds’ defeat to City in the 2016 League Cup final.
Had Jurgen Klopp claimed his first trophy at Wembley, Liverpool would have qualified for the Europa League, but the club missed out on Europe completely after finishing eighth in the Premier League. Manchester United went on to win the Europa League in 2017, and received prize money of £37.8M ($50.1M).
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Liverpool is sixth on the list of teams when it comes to the money it may have missed out on because of City, but Tottenham is a long way out in front at the top.
Spurs are calculated to have missed out on £119,904,410 (around $158.8M), having finished one place outside of Champions League qualification in four of the eight seasons in which City reached Europe’s top table.
Also missing out on huge amounts of money was Hull City, with the Yorkshire club having only returned to the Premier League this season after nearly a 10-year absence.
A general view outside the stadium prior to the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Tottenham Hotspur and Doncaster Rovers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham is calculated to have missed out more than any other club(Image: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
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The Tigers missed out on a total of £99,003,349 (around $131.1M), having been relegated twice during the nine-year period in question. Among the other clubs high on the list are Everton (£66.4M/$88M), Swansea (£63.1M/$83.6M) and Newcastle (£60.5M/$80.1M), while right at the bottom of the list is Reading (£755,881/$1,001,160), which is now in League One.
Liverpool.com says: This demonstrates just how messy things could get in this whole saga — and we still don't even know what kind of punishment City is going to get. Every club it has competed with since 2009 will feel like it is entitled to some compensation, even those who only entered the Premier League after 2018.
The whole situation is a mess, and sanctions need to be handed down as soon as possible. In fact, City should have been punished the moment it was declared guilty.