Liverpool and FSG are already winning in the Carabao Cup this season https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo...iverpool-fsg-already-winning-carabao-15127344
Yes, it sounds like Michael Owen is the narrator and the graphics could induce seasickness, but a good look FSG's tenure.
FSG has been excellent Liverpool, pretty much making the club stand on its won two feet, so to speak. The debt we owe it for breaking Hicks and Gillette's pernicious chains is now under £100 million. We've overtaken the chavs and in turnover (still behind it in commercial revenue.) This is third overall behind the two Manchester clubs one of whose commercial revenues of £232 million looks dodgier than a dog's hind leg each time you read about it. With the new kit deal, we may overtake Chelsea in the commercial revenue stakes and fix our sights on Man U but that will take some doing both on our part and on latter's continued making a dog's dinner of its on-field performances.
Sorry for the bump. Anyone seen the Peter Moore Tedx talk? Pretty interesting. FSG have been brilliant.
Y’know what’s really funny? When on FB, Twitter or some blogs you come across an LFC fan who has decided that FSG are the devil incarnate and refuses to be reasoned with. Granted they are not as obvious as before, but when we spent nothing in the transfer window last summer, they were out in force. Only the most seriously deluded won’t agree that, overall, FSG have been excellent for our club.
100% Related story... I was at an airport bar watching the end of our 3-1 win at Bayern. A dad and his son sitting next to me happened to be from Liverpool and were big supporters. After we scored our 3rd, I mentioned how happy I was with the direction of the club. His first response was “well our net spend...” and “City owners spent...” and “never spent their own...” FSG have had to learn some hard lessons and they have. But they recognize intelligence, talent, leadership, and importantly, all aligned to the same strategic goal and the tactics. Like any organization. Like a football team. OK, they might view this as an investment, but with Peter Moore and Klopp, the clubs interests are first and foremost. Believers. IMO the Nike deal might actually be massive. Particularly the rumors of expansion into a “lifestyle” brand given both brands and their respective ambassadors. I love rev-share deals. They have a plan and some are too stubborn, too deaf or too ignorant to understand it.
Hard no. Man Utd chief Ed Woodward tipped to raid Liverpool for key man to solve club issues https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foo...-Woodward-Liverpool-Michael-Edwards-transfers
El-Oh-El, you gotta love "journalism" today. The whole basis of that article is "a TV pundit says Man Yoo should go get Edwards from Liverpool." How is that news? In other hot news, Liverpool should buy Mbappe.
These pundits are funny. They just make shit up and print it like it's gospel. Manchester United will buy Messi and Ronaldo in a half a billion$ deal to challenge for this season League Championship and Champions league. Oh we haven't asked anyone yet but that's the rumour. Then it gathers momentum as another pundit who editor is on his case "reports" "It's been reported that Messi and Ronaldo are on their way to Old Trafford as we speak. "
10 years to the day. I quite liked these from the DM's report. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...drove-Liverpool-debt-forced-10-years-ago.html
We seem to have held the wages-to-turnover ratio constant but those numbers look ugly in the context of the fall in revenues.
Ongoing as I recall. I think individuals clubs are now negotiating with their players due to the wildly differing cost structures. I mean, look at Everton and Bournemouth and then compare to Spurs (although Tottenham's fall in expected revenues is going to be huge.)
I suspect the reluctance to sign Wermer to a huge salary was in part due to the fact that his new team mates will have just taken / are now discussing a wage cut. that would be huge to Klopp imo. (chelsea don't give a shit about dressing room morale, they haven't seen any of it for years.)
Chelsea are coming off their transfer ban . They were sitting on the money from selling Hazard and Moratta and dumping their big salaries to boot . So they were in kind of a unique position to the other big clubs and able to take advantage to snap up Werner while we're looking at potential revenue losses of perhaps 200m.
I think another factor is that the club planned to raise a significant amount of money with outgoing players this summer. Origi, Shaqiri, Wilson, and Grujic could have raised close to a 100 million. Now there is no market for these players. Wilson and Grujic might go on loan another season and Origi will probably be back at Anfield. Werner could have easily been paid for by just moving those players along.