Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Sure it is but you "noticed" him as a weak link last week, and the week before that and the week before that and the week before that and the weak before and the weak before that and the week before that and the week before that and the week before that and the week before that and the week before that for about 100 weeks now. We get it, you think Elliot is a weak link in our team. Ok what else? Anything new?

No one can afford Liverpool, you can't just be a Billionaire, it's out of their price range.

Of course people can afford Liverpool, look at the line of potential buyers Chelsea had

There were 5 bids for Chelsea FC and the final value of the sale was in the region of £4.25 Billion.

The likes of Musk can stay away from the club as well.

I’d take the Third Reich over him.

Yeah I agree with a lot of this.

As you said, they haven't been perfect but they've been very close, especially from a business sense. They've 10x the value of the club, maybe even more.

For some, in an ideal world, every club should be self sustainable, grow organically and improve over time through smart decision making. FSG did that at Liverpool. Maybe they will continue to do so, we don't know yet. Hopefully the work they have done with smart decision making will continue either way.

I suppose the biggest gripe that people have with FSG is transfer spend. They bought the club with FFP in mind and thought that they could compete there. FSG wanted the club to be self sustainable and grow, which it did, while not delving into their own pockets a whole lot, except for infrastructure investment. Perhaps with a view there to growing the club's value. Largely, it worked. The club won all of the major trophies. They competed in multiple CL finals and were in many title races.

But in an era of petro-clubs, sportswashing and state backed clubs, they couldn't compete with the owner-led finances spending vast amounts of outside money on transfers and wages. Chelsea were propped in their FFP reports to the tune of £1.5 billion. Man City, Newcastle & PSG either have spent outlandishly or will continue to do so. Year on year, it's not a 1 in 5 years cycle for those clubs.

And it's not like every Liverpool fan wants to spend like those clubs every year either. Personally, I'd be content with pushing the boat out a bit further, but seeing the money that Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd spent this summer is envious. Having a summer like the Thiago-Tsimikas-Jota one is what we should be aiming for I think. Not the last couple where one senior signing was coming in each window. When the squad is at a better place in terms of profile and age, then it can be relaxed again. But again, in the age of the sportswashing, that is difficult. I for one hope we don't become a sportswashing project. But if we can get another FSG who are willing to push the boat out a bit more in terms of transfer spend in order to get the squad back up to a higher level, I'll be happy.

Agree with that. Will be interesting to see what names start coming out over the next few weeks.

Just on the point of delving into their own pockets for infrastructure - wasn't the main stand funded by way of a loan? FSG organised it but it's the club paying it back from my understanding

It's a day that was always gonna come, at least where they test the water. They have been straight up all along this was an investment, they would put capital up but expected the club to wash it's own face in monetary terms.

The only real mistake they made was to take Uefa at their word when they said they were implementing FFP. Instead, they hadn't the wherewithal or balls to see the deal through, and have allowed the likes of City, PSG and Barca to falsely inflate the market with unrealistic fairy tale deals, and blown the FSG plan out the window.

There are 2 choices of owner, either another (probably US based) investment fund who will have to pay tip Dollar and won't have money to put into the team, or another dictatorship who will try to use the clubs name to further their own aims.

Neither is particularly palatable in truth, we'll miss FSG when they go for all their perceived faults (they weren't without fault, but they were very good for the club and the club is a lot stronger for their presence.)

John Henry didn't want to buy Liverpool, it was a case of '' you're making me buy it, we're stealing it''

We can't have Chinese owners, Russian owners, Middle Eastern owners, but we will wear shirts made in China, use oil out of Russia, and Oil out of Middle East

Can't say I know a whole lot about Nathan Jones tbh. The way we've played against the lower teams this season it'll probably be a struggle anyway

Can RedBird actually buy the club since they already own AC Milan & Toulouse what would happen if both clubs meet in Europe.

What are UEFA rules on that?

Have the Red Bull clubs meet in Europe?

If you can't beat them join them.

Could Red Bull afford to buy? If they'd forego the usual name change, being the final stop on their production line of talent would be interesting.

i wonder if a deal is done and we’re getting soundbites.

I'm kind of sad to see FSG go but they obviously don't want to fund the club as a going concern. They bought it cheap, ran it on a shoe string , abet with competent employees , then want to flog it for billions. If they think its not paying enough profit so too risky as N investment, a Saudi billionaire might be the only way to go.

Ran it on a shoestring is a bit much. We were a couple of hundred million in debt when they bought us, turning us from Europa League also rans to one of the best teams in Europe. Spent money to get one of the best(if not the best) coaches in the game, transformed how we identify players with an incredible success rate for years, improved the ground and the training facilities, without piling any debt onto the club - while winning every trophy they could win.

The main frustration seems to be that we didn’t spent as much when we possibly should, which I can understand. But honestly it’s difficult to imagine anyone doing any better. The FSG/Klopp era will go down as one of the greatest times ever to be a Liverpool fan.

If Edwards gets credit for the players he signed then surely FSG should get credit for hiring Klopp and Edwards.

How many of you's are there, If your stuck for time & trains don't suit you , you could book a cab for 60 pound ,

The train station is in Manchester Airport so its very hand to go straight to Lime street,

Try trainline app you'll get a one way ticket for about 10 pound,