05-06-2019, 08:13
(05-06-2019 00:20 )southsidestu Wrote: [ -> ]The one thing you can say about Henry is he has put the club first and his own personal interests second and unlike other clubs LFC has an owner who shows an enthusiasm for the team. Goodness know big a war chest Klopp will get for next season, i can only imagine it will be enough to improve the squad in the areas Klopp feels needs the investment(03-06-2019 08:48 )Carl-Gen X Wrote: [ -> ]Turns out we are playing in the Club World Cup. Location Qatar - in December.
More silverware to go for. How does Liverpool - World Champions sound?
In all honesty European Champions are World Champions because they UEFA division is so far ahead. Given that they are being played in December which is the same time as the Premier League log jam and in conditions where the max temp is 24 degrees Celsius and a humidity level of 71% its not ideal for playing extra games.
I was wondering what Liverpool fans think of John Henry and FSG? It was not that long ago that FSGOUT was to be seen trending online. However they brought in one of the world's most sought after managers and in building this champions league winning squad they spent:
£34m on Mane (the club record at the time was £35m)
A new club record of £50m on Salah
Just shy of that record in £48m on Keita
A new club record & world record for a defender in £75m for Van Dijk
A then world record for a GK in £66.8m Alisson
On top of all that they have expanded Anfield to 54,000 keeping Liverpool FC in its home and have plans to develop the Anfield Rd stand and bring full capacity to 61,000
All of this and Liverpool have managed to announce a record pre-tax profit of £125m for year to May 31st 2018. All of the three main revenue streams: media, commercial & matchday were up on the previous year. The post tax profit is £106 million (£39m the previous yr), now a lot of people will point to the sale of Coutinho but even though that has been widely reported as £142 million, it is only once clauses have been met. The initial fee was £105m and since he was sold in January 2018 and this is up to May 2018 I am willing to bet these clauses may of not been met and they spent £75.5m on Van Dijk in the same month so most of the increase will have not come from Countinho. All of this has seen Liverpool rise 2 places to 7th in the Deloitte rankings. Yet in the summer of 2018 the club spent £173m in transfers so the money is going into the clubs and not lining Henry's pockets.
FSGIN ?
