Finance guru: Liverpool could now throw weight behind ‘historic’ Uefa mutiny
Liverpool could throw their weight behind the reform of the Uefa coefficient system if it is replaced by a model that rewards short-term performance.
That is the view of finance expert Doctor Dan Plumley, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about mooted changes to the Champions League cash distribution mechanism.
The current system awards about 30 per cent of central revenue in line with clubs’ 10-year coefficient ranking.
Per The Times last Tuesday (23 August), a band of teams in the European Club Association are pushing for what they perceive to be a fairer model.
Liverpool won the Champions League in 2019 and have finished runners-up twice in the last five seasons, including in 2021-22.
The Merseysiders would therefore likely be in favour of a distribution method that favours short-term performance.
“If you look at the current coefficient, which is based off the last five seasons primarily, they are second in that,” the Sheffield Hallam University expert told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“But when you look at it across the 10-year coefficient, they are actually ninth. So, they are still benefiting from historic performance. But for Liverpool, it is a recent performance that is guiding their coefficient at the moment.
“I suppose in that regard, any model that rewards shorter-term performance would benefit them. I think we should always be looking at a fairer distribution system in any case.
“Short-term is a better way to do it because 10 years is a long time, too long. But Liverpool would be better placed under a short-term system.”
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