Liverpool not spending big sums pre season....has the spending bubble burst?

[Scum-Triumphant]

I think the lure of playing for Liverpool is enough for a player to take the decision out of his Agent's and clubs hands and Liverpool can dictate the fee rather than the club that is selling.
The players they are buying will play with world class players and if they work hard and develop they won't look out of place. Robertson is a good example of this.

Man City on the other hand will pay over the odds because they have a different model of success and the selling club can command a bigger price from them.

[frogmiller]

Minamino is available for £17m

Neco Williams and Nat Phillips will probably go for £5m a pop. Will they keep Chamberlain and even Firmino?


They just seem to do good business and look for potential in every signing.


Back to bubbles bursting. it's not all about the fees these days. Wages and signing on costs are going up. Haaland looks great business at £52m but I read the real figure for the deal is £220m+

Liverpool's total wage bill is:

£171,269,800 per year
£3,293,650 per week

https://salarysport.com/football/pre...iverpool-f.c./

[frogmiller]

Liverpool's total wage bill is:

£171,269,800 per year
£3,293,650 per week

https://salarysport.com/football/pre...iverpool-f.c./

I don't know how much they recieved from the Premier League, 2 domestic trophy runs, European Champions League run and sponsors but it must outweigh the £171m

It's great while they're successful.

[howdydoo]

I don't know how much they recieved from the Premier League, 2 domestic trophy runs, European Champions League run and sponsors but it must outweigh the £171m

It's great while they're successful.

Liverpool and Man United are global brands. TV and merchandise money is coming in from all directions. They don't even sell digital season tickets yet. These clubs can go a few seasons without success.

Interesting what the new Chelsea Owner said they other day after paying £4.25 billion. The yanks have latched on now.




The new American owner of Chelsea FC said England’s top football league remains deeply undervalued, as he gave clues to the future direction of one of the country’s biggest teams.

“They don’t realize how big their opportunity is,” Todd Boehly told the SuperReturn International private equity conference in Berlin on Wednesday. “Let’s get a hold of our destiny and think about how to optimize this.”.......................................... ........

[frogmiller]

Liverpool and Man United are global brands. TV and merchandise money is coming in from all directions. They don't even sell digital season tickets yet. These clubs can go a few seasons without success.

Interesting what the new Chelsea Owner said they other day after paying £4.25 billion. The yanks have latched on now.




The new American owner of Chelsea FC said England’s top football league remains deeply undervalued, as he gave clues to the future direction of one of the country’s biggest teams.

“They don’t realize how big their opportunity is,” Todd Boehly told the SuperReturn International private equity conference in Berlin on Wednesday. “Let’s get a hold of our destiny and think about how to optimize this.”............................................ ......

There's an interesting one to follow at Bedford FC where ******* investor Peter McCormack has bought the club and aims to take them through the leagues. The Salford team may need to watch their back. One thing that both sets of owners seem to have missed out on is the branding that you mention.

During Euro1996 a few of us visited Wembley to watch a couple of game and one of our party, the brother-in-law of my good friend said that the last thing English football wanted was American owners.
He said if they do and turn it into anything like American football the chances of working class people being able to buy a season won't be there. The affordability will come down to 3 or 4 matches in a season with the clubs themselves turning the whole day into a spectacle. The American owners are now here, I hope what he said doesn't come true.

[gru]

Agree with sun newspaper major signings this week by both Man C & Liverpool means seasons over for the rest of the premiership re. being champions. Said it's getting like in Scotland a two team league.

[howdydoo]

There's an interesting one to follow at Bedford FC where ******* investor Peter McCormack has bought the club and aims to take them through the leagues. The Salford team may need to watch their back. One thing that both sets of owners seem to have missed out on is the branding that you mention.

During Euro1996 a few of us visited Wembley to watch a couple of game and one of our party, the brother-in-law of my good friend said that the last thing English football wanted was American owners.
He said if they do and turn it into anything like American football the chances of working class people being able to buy a season won't be there. The affordability will come down to 3 or 4 matches in a season with the clubs themselves turning the whole day into a spectacle. The American owners are now here, I hope what he said doesn't come true.

It's already true.

Top clubs have season tickets for premier league games. Separate tickets for each Cup. Then there's increasing allocations for hospitality.

Over 10,000 tickets per game are available to members and that will rise with the Anfield Road expansion. I imagine people giving up a season ticket results in this allocation going up more often than not.

The same people turning up every week don't visit the club shop every visit.

[howdydoo]

Agree with sun newspaper major signings this week by both Man C & Liverpool means seasons over for the rest of the premiership re. being champions. Said it's getting like in Scotland a two team league.

It's always the same 2 clubs in Scotland. There's no doubt money talks and they are the 2 major forces but the Man United, Chelsea, Arsenals, Maybe Spurs and possibly Newcastle might be there in 5 years time.

Look what happened when Fergy left Man Utd.

Nothing is forever, unless we are talking Scotland of course.

[gru]

It's always the same 2 clubs in Scotland. There's no doubt money talks and they are the 2 major forces but the Man United, Chelsea, Arsenals, Maybe Spurs and possibly Newcastle might be there in 5 years time.

Look what happened when Fergy left Man Utd.

Nothing is forever, unless we are talking Scotland of course.

Tottenham cause of manager main threat to their dominance.

[howdydoo]

Tottenham cause of manager main threat to their dominance.

Reinforces my point. In Scotland it's solely down to the tangibles. In England it's mainly down to tangibles but the intangibles can alter the status quo.

Wenger, Mourinho, Klopp, to a lesser extent Guardiola, nearly Pocchetino, so very nearly Keegan in a bygone age. These guys can come along and break up the party.