REDS’ £30m EUROPE HIT

LiVERPOOL’s failure to get past the Champions League’s last 16 for the first time in three years is expected to cost them more than £30million. They received £54.7m in prize money for beating Tottenham in last June’s final, but elimination at the first knockout stage will have a considerable impact. Last year’s figures showed they pocketed a combined £31.1m for beating Bayern, Porto and Barcelona on the road to Madrid. Meanwhile, Kieran Trippier hopes Atletico Madrid’s surge into the Champions League quarter-finals will give him the platform to win back his England starting place. The former

Tottenham right back, who has only begun four of England’s last 12 matches, has been revitalised by his move to La Liga. he said: ‘i want to play at the highest level for as long as i can in order to play for England. That’s my objective. ‘There is no bigger moment for me than representing my country.’