I was about to post, indicating the source as that nefarious internet conspiracist and gossip monger jeffcoop.
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/d...oitte-uk-sport-football-money-league-2017.pdf New Deloitte Money League is out. Gap to Chelsea/Arsenal really not that much and likely to reduce further with new stand. Healthy as we've been financially in a long. Money really should be no excuse for not getting/keeping the players we want.
Liverpool managing director Billy Hogan says China’s desire to invest heavily in football represents a “terrific opportunity” for the club. The Reds are set to play matches in Shanghai and Hong Kong during their pre-season tour in July as part of the Premier League’s Asia Trophy. Liverpool already have a huge fanbase in the region with around two million followers on Weibo - the Chinese microblogging website - and they are looking to extend their reach further. There’s a boom in football investment in China as part of president Xi Jinping’s drive to build a ‘sports economy’. As well as the huge sums paid out by Chinese Super League clubs to attract players like Carlos Tevez and Oscar, online streaming service PPTV - a division of China’s Suning Holdings - has signed a three-year TV deal with the Premier League from 2019 worth £564million. “The top line it represents is a terrific opportunity,” Hogan told the South China Morning Post. “Where there is growth for the sport, that’s good for everybody. “For Liverpool, based on our data we know we have a significant fanbase in China already, the activity and interest has not just been over the last few years, but previously as well. “We’ve done a lot of activities on the ground in China over the last several years and are looking more directly at what we can do in the marketplace. “More generally, (China’s attention to football) is a positive thing. The Premier League has announced its new TV deal that will kick in in 2019, so it’s a focus from a league perspective and certainly from our perspective.” To mark Chinese New Year in January, Liverpool put out a video of Jurgen Klopp teaming up with UK university champion Liu Haoyu to take on Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho at table tennis at Melwood. It got over two million views on the club’s Chinese social media channels alone. A recent report stated that Liverpool are the third most influential club online in China behind Manchester United and Bayern Munich. The Reds already has dedicated stores on Tmall and JD.com - China’s two biggest e-commerce sites. “Generally the Asian market is very important, and China is very important as well as a significant part of Asia and one where sport and football is obviously growing and a major focus, not just from a corporate and fan perspective, but also government perspective with president Xi’s soccer reform movement now in place the last few years,” Hogan said. “More than half of our fanbase is located in Asia. Liverpool’s fanbase is over 700 million on a global basis and a big contingent of that is based in Asia. “Hong Kong in particular is a hotbed and that’s one of the reasons we’re focused on it. It’s also a very important market for many of our partners, especially Standard Chartered.”
Top 10 according to this list! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...er-United-richest-club-ahead-Real-Madrid.html
I think we've remained in the top 10 in the Deloitte (PwC?) money list for several years now. Guess this list by KPMG is the same idea - though I feel like the gaps in valuation are almost arbitrary.
Another round of acquisition speculation, this one focusing on "Middle East billionaires." It's from the Daily Mirror, so credibility at the moment is fairly low.
Since 2010, when FSG took over, here is the total net spend of Liverpool compared to our rivals: Man City – £718.05m Man United – £540.05m Chelsea – £351.8m Arsenal – £179.8m Liverpool – £164m Spurs – £20.5m profit http://www.empireofthekop.com/2017/...s-about-fsgs-actual-spending-164m-plays-718m/
latest accounts - ending May 2017 http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/292412-lfc-announces-financial-results
it's been a 7 year grind. A ton of mismanagement in the short time the cancers were in charge. missing out on CL for so many years really hurt too.
Some are for sure. What's interesting with football versus US sports is that agents fees are always reported separately from any deal, while in the US, agent fees are included in the players contract. So its hard to tell whether the agent fees in football are out of line compared to other sports or if they are just reported differently which gives the impression they are taking advantage.
Very hard to compare open systems like the European leagues and closed systems like the 5 major U.S. leagues where salary caps are in place, leagues don't allow 'buying' of players, etc, and squads are generally quite small. Agents in the U.S. generally take a cut of the player's salary (since there are typically no transfer fees involved). They take a cut of signing bonuses. They take a cut of endorsements. They take a cut of anywhere they can place your image. A player on the Pistons wants to leave and the GM likely only has to make three or four calls to teams that a) can afford him b) have assets to trade c) need a player in his position. A player at West Ham that wants to leave has 103 teams that he could end up playing for. The club then allows the players agent to talk to outside clubs on his clients behalf and it is best for everybody as it saves the selling club a lot of time and effort. Add in the fact that every year the club is going to allow 1-4 first teamers to leave, 2-10 reserve players, and a host of youth players and you're talking thousands of hours saved.
Three-time NBA champion LeBron James has reportedly made a sizable profit from his $6.5 million (£4.78m) investment in Liverpool FC in April 2011. https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/lebron-james-makes-sizable-profit-from-liverpool-investment-176649