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Liverpool claim they now rival Manchester United with one billion fans worldwide while becoming the most watched club in the Premier League.
Old Trafford part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe boasted that the Red Devils were followed by that staggering global number as he launched plans to build a new £2billion stadium in March.
But Anfield chairman Tom Werner has the figures to prove that his 'relentless' club not only finished top in the title race last season but also left their bitter rivals for dead in the TV viewing stakes as well.
He insisted: 'We are very aware of the global power of Liverpool. The club's reach around the world is by far the strongest in the Premier League.
'We're the only Premier League club to surpass 500million views on television [by March 2025 from August last season].
'Last season on social media we generated 1.7 billion engagements. That's not unique engagements, but it's still a huge number.
'Many Americans still don't appreciate the global power of football but over the next ten years I think the Premier League is going to be huge in the US.
'We think there could now be as many as a billion people around the world who follow Liverpool.
'There is a special connection with the fans. You feel it at the games at Anfield, when they start to sing You'll Never Walk Alone. It's deep and emotional.'
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