Liverpool will earn just £100,000 in prize money after getting their hands on the Carabao Cup trophy, with losers Chelsea taking home £50,000.
The beaten semi-finalists - Fulham and Middlesbrough - banked only £25,000 for reaching the last four,
Those knocked out in the earlier rounds not making a penny in prize money.
It pales in comparison to the £100m+ on offer to the Premier League winners and a similar amount available to the Champions League victors
This season's FA Cup winners, by comparison, will make about £4m in prize money
the League Cup remains a valuable asset to the EFL and its clubs down the pyramid. Its total annual value is estimated to be worth £80m
A huge benefit to lower league sides who are drawn with one of the big guns. Gate receipts are also split in half.
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