Liverpool set to become world’s first club to report annual net profit of €100 million

Liverpool could become the world’s first football club to report annual net profit of more than €100million. The Reds netted a cool €81.3million in the Champions League and €130million for the sale of Philippe Coutinho. Jurgen Klopp’s side also splashed on new signings Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the financial year ending May 2018. Inside World Football's calculations come after a UEFA club finances report suggested the Anfield giants have broken the profit record set by Leicester City in 2017. A section read: "UEFA Champions League prize money of €82m drove Leicester City to the highest net profit in history in FY2017 (€98m), beating the previous record of €78m set by Tottenham in FY2014 (with Liverpool FC set to break that record again in FY2018)."

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