Following Liverpool’s exit from the Champions League, Sky Bet have decided to offer a ‘hard luck loyalty bonus’ to all customers who bet on the 2005/06 champions to lift the title again this year by transferring their bets to the Europa League outright, in which the Merseysiders are 6/1 favourites.

This means that any customer who placed a bet on Rafa Benitez’s side to win the 2009/10 Champions League will now have their full stake transferred to Liverpool to win the Europa League at 6/1.

Sky Bet’s football betting spokeswoman Helen Jacob said: “Liverpool fans are having a torrid time so far his season so we have decided to give them a second crack of the whip by transferring their Champions League outright bets on the Reds to the Europa League, where Liverpool have a great chance of winning some silverware.”

With both Liverpool and Everton both representing the Barclays Premier in the Europa Cup, Sky Bet are offering odds on which Merseyside team will progress the furthest and make Rafa Benitez’s men the 1/6 favourites (7/2 Everton). It’s 50/1 that Liverpool and Everton contest the final in Hamburg.

Liverpool’s premature exit from this year’s Champions League intensifies pressure on them to qualify for next season’s competition and Sky Bet make them 5/6 for a top-four finish and 5/6 to miss out on a 2010/11 Champions League berth.

Pressure is mounting on Reds boss Rafa Benitez and Sky Bet make the Spaniard 7/1 to be the next casualty of the Premier League sack race. It’s 5/6 (from 8/11) that Benitez sees out the season at Anfield and Sky Bet make Jose Mourihno 15/8 favourite to succeed him in the Liverpool hot-seat.

Sky Bet Odds: 2009/10 Europa League
Each Way terms: 1/2 of odds for 1st 2 places
Liverpool 6/1 Genoa 40/1 Bate Borisov 150/1
Roma 10/1 Fulham 40/1 Heerenveen 200/1
Shakhtar Donetsk 10/1 Panathinaikos 40/1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 250/1
Benfica 10/1 Ath Bilbao 50/1 Dinamo Zagreb 250/1
Hamburg 12/1 Twente 50/1 Cluj 250/1
Valencia 12/1 Hertha Berlin 66/1 Celtic 250/1
Werder Bremen 14/1 Lille 66/1 Dinamo Bucharest 250/1
Galatasaray 16/1 Rapid Vienna 66/1 CD National 400/1
Villarreal 20/1 Anderlecht 66/1 Austria Vienna 400/1
Everton 20/1 Toulouse 66/1 Steaua Bucharest 500/1
Sporting Lisbon 25/1 Salzburg 80/1 Sparta Prague 500/1
Ajax 28/1 AEK Athens 100/1 Slavia Prague 750/1
Fenerbachce 33/1 Copenhagen 100/1 Sheriff 2000/1
PSV 33/1 Club Brugge 125/1 Ventspills 2000/1
Lazio 40/1 Basel 150/1

Liverpool Europa League Stage of Elimination
Last 32 10/3
Last 16 10/3
Qtr Finals 3/1
Semi Finals 4/1
Losing Finalist 6/1
Winner 6/1

To progress further in Europa League
Liverpool 1/6 Everton 7/2

To contest the Europa League final
Liverpool and Everton 50/1

Benitez see out 09/10 season as Liverpool manager
Yes 5/6 No 5/6

Next Premier Manager to Leave 2009/10
Brown P 2/5 McCarthy M 20/1 O'Neill M 33/1
Megson G 9/2 Coyle O 25/1 Bruce S 40/1
Benitez R 7/1 Redknapp H 25/1 Wenger A 50/1
Zola G 7/1 Allardyce S 25/1 Ferguson A 66/1
Hughes M 14/1 Moyes D 33/1 Pulis T 66/1
Martinez R 14/1 Hodgson R 33/1 Ancelotti C 66/1
Mcleish A 20/1

Next Liverpool Manager
Mourinho J 15/8 McLaren S 25/1 Capello F 50/1
Dalglish K 11/4 Zola G 25/1 Eriksson S 50/1
Mancini R 5/1 Scolari P 25/1 Ince P 66/1
Klinsmann J 7/1 Keegan K 33/1 Vialli G 66/1
O Neill M 8/1 Redknapp H 33/1 Hansen A 66/1
Oswaldo de Oliveira 9/1 Curbishley A 33/1 Southgate G 66/1
Hiddink G 12/1 Gullitt R 33/1 Keane R 66/1
Rijkaard F 16/1 Nicol S 33/1 Jewell P 66/1
Schuster B 16/1 Hughes M 33/1 Molby J 150/1
Van Basten M 16/1 Lee S 40/1 Whelan R 250/1
Lippi M 20/1 Coppell S 40/1 Fowler R 500/1
Ramos J 20/1 Souness G 50/1 McManaman S 500/1
Koeman R 25/1 Toshack J 50/1 Beckham D 500/1

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