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Shrewsbury boss Ricketts: Klopp has cost us £500,000

Shrewsbury Town boss Sam Ricketts feels Jurgen Klopp has cost his club £500,000 with his anti-FA Cup rant.

The League One club head to Anfield this evening for their FA Cup fourth-round replay after holding Liverpool 2-2 at New Meadow.

But neither Reds manager Klopp nor his star-studded Premier League leaders will be there as they are on their winter break, so Under-23 boss Neil Critchley is fielding a side.

Ticket prices have been slashed to £15 for adults and £1 for kids and the tie is not televised so the visitors also miss out on a £75,000 FA live broadcast fee per club.

Both clubs split the ticket revenues 45 per cent each with the FA taking the remaining 10 per cent but Shrewsbury now expect to only make about £100,000 to £150,000.

Asked about the impact, Ricketts said: “It is huge. The revenue is vitally important for a club like ours who are self-sustaining.

“For someone like us if we are playing Liverpool's first team you are generating up to £600,000 as opposed to £100,000.

“At a club like ours every penny counts. That is the biggest disappointment that we will lack revenue."

Shrewsbury made £1million from hosting Manchester United in a televised FA Cup tie in 2016 and built a new training ground with the cash.

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