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There'd be nothing worse than becoming another City or Newcastle. I'd gradually stop following them I imagine. I'd have to spend even more time in the F1 section
The Liverpool Club Thread. **No Spoilers**
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There'd be nothing worse than becoming another City or Newcastle. I'd gradually stop following them I imagine. I'd have to spend even more time in the F1 section
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Tough one, a club most of us have followed all our lives, not sure.....
That said I wont be watching the World Cup at all.
I'd be done with football, unfortunately I think a lot of people would happily get in bed with the devil if it meant pretty much unlimited spending ala city/newcastle.
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I would say middle east owners is going to be an inevitability. There are some extremely wealthy groups out there, who will offer billions for a team with the global brand size of Liverpool. Price will be no barrier to them for a team of Liverpools stature. One of the biggest football teams in the world and one of the biggest brands around.
Some would even argue that if Liverpool want to seriously keep in step, long term, with the "new" giants of the game, that sort of owner is going to be a necessity.
What would I think..at this point I just dont know. My initial thoughts are that I would be very against it but I've not had time for it to sink in yet
Some would even argue that if Liverpool want to seriously keep in step, long term, with the "new" giants of the game, that sort of owner is going to be a necessity.
What would I think..at this point I just dont know. My initial thoughts are that I would be very against it but I've not had time for it to sink in yet
I’d feel sick to my stomach that the club have succumbed to that type of ownership.
This statement is very odd, it’s obvious that something is happening behind the scenes, who knows if it’s just looking for investment so they can look to invest in the squad or if it’s actually that they do want to sell.
Doesn’t seem right that investment banks are already involved and have a sales deck for interested parties, this being 2022 I expect it leaks within a week lol
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Like many who have followed Football since before Sky, the direction the money has taken us in, is not a good one. I genuinley dislike the modern sport fan, the people that get one board when a team is sucessful. Big money investors mean continued sucess, it inevitable im afraid.
I'll still follow the club, still go to games. I have hope that the fans and the city in general will keep the club 'grounded'.
I'll still follow the club, still go to games. I have hope that the fans and the city in general will keep the club 'grounded'.
As frustrating as the current situation is with our spendings in the transfer market (regularly missing out on top targets due to limited financial resources), I don't want us to be tied to oil money in any way.
Apart from the ethics of the sort of country that the money is coming from and their human rights records, it'd be very weird to be benefiting from the proceeds of destroying the environment and the planet.
Apart from the ethics of the sort of country that the money is coming from and their human rights records, it'd be very weird to be benefiting from the proceeds of destroying the environment and the planet.
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Great news for us, shame Fabinho's going though, he really needs a rest.
At his current form I don't think he'll be playing a lot. Casemiro will definitely start ahead of him.
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He'll still be training in case they do need him. You would imagine Klopp giving some of the players a week or two off which might be all that's needed to recharge their batteries.
I think they are looking to sell up. They've made their money and perhaps they think with the ESL flopping and FFP seemingly being a bit of a joke they cant commit to the sort of money they'd need to, to compete.
They bought it for £300 million and further invested a few hundred more, but it's now valued at £3.5 billion. They've taken money out of it as well. So a great return on their investment. They never bought it for income, and the valuation is not going to get much higher than this. So makes business sense to sell the club right now.
I hope we get a new owner who loves the club and has been a lifelong fan with great financial resources.
They loaned the club the money to invest more didnt they?
The second point....just cant see it. Too much money involved.
Yeah, the club still owe some money to them as well. They made it interest-free though.
Sorry, when did FSG take money out of Liverpool? @HACO
As of the last set of accounts there is an inter-company debt (money owed to FSG) of just over £70m. Although this peaked at £110m in 2016, it's broadly hovered around the £70m mark for most of the past 8 years.
As of the last set of accounts there is an inter-company debt (money owed to FSG) of just over £70m. Although this peaked at £110m in 2016, it's broadly hovered around the £70m mark for most of the past 8 years.