Your Liverpool morning digest for Saturday, June 24.
Martin Odegaard makes 'painful' Liverpool admission after Arsenal heartbreak
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard says their Premier League slump will be 'painful for the rest of his life' after Liverpool's damaging contribution to their title hopes.
The Gunners were the runaway leaders in the English top-flight last season as they lead at the summit for much of the campaign. Mikel Arteta's side looked like they were going to do what the Reds have only managed to do in recent seasons and usurp Manchester City as champions.
However, in the latter stages of the season, Arsenal lost their advantage in the title race and the Citizens nudged in front during their course to their historic treble.
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Arsenal held a gap over City going into the final months of the campaign but a draw with Liverpool sparked a disappointing run as they were held by West Ham and then Leeds. Pep Guardiola's side then fired four past the North London club to move to within two points with as many games in hand - seemingly landing the psychological blow.
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Liverpool believe there's 'big potential' as records tumble after £2bn deal
The growth of the Premier League has long been fuelled by its ability to generate huge sums of money for the sale of live matches to broadcasters.
For the current cycle, the deal that English football’s top tier has broken through the £10bn mark. While that is still some way off the 10-year, $100bn deal that the NFL struck for their recent media rights offering, it is a sign of the strength of the Premier League and its increasing global appeal that such figures can now be achieved.
The most recent deal that the Premier League inked both domestically and internationally dwarfed many of its European rivals, with disparities of two and three times between some of the comparative deals. For example, the average team in the Premier League makes more than twice as much broadcasting revenue as those in Spain’s La Liga, European football’s second most watched and most lucrative league.
