Comments on: Liverpool need shrewd and fast transfer policy and quick

By: Tyrone Maggoo

Tyrone Maggoo — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:54:41 +0000

Well what to say about this article. Everything seems to be correct except the facts.
Lets look at the facts
These are the figures posted up to May 2012 and not covering our current financial position. What has happened since?
Firstly, very recently the club have managed to offload a large chunk of their higher earners and senior playing staff who contributed to the large wage bills of the period reported. Players such as Joe Cole, Maxi Rodrigues, Dirk Kuyt, Alberto Aquilani, Charlie Adam, Craig Bellamy to mention but a few have been taken off the wage bill.
Secondly, in the current trading period Liverpool have also managed to secure more sponsorship deals with Warrior (one of the largest in the Premiership) as well as Chevrolet to mention but a few.
Thirdly, contributing to the loss reported was the severance package paid to King Kenny (one off payment)
What does this mean we have dramatically reduced our wage bill on the likes of Sterling, Suso, Shelvey, we have also vastly increased our commercial revenue with at least one sponsorship deal alone being worth approximately £25million per year. In short decreased expenses increased income.
Selling the idea that the club is being run under the same model over this financial period as it was over the period reported is simply WRONG. In the past what kept us back was the philosophy of paying too high transfer fees for mediocre talent and rewarding that talent with high wages. This no doubt has changed since Roger’s appointment as even though Allen and Borini have been signed at what some would considered inflated prices their salaries will be no where near the likes of those who have left.
The notion that we are running out of time is the farthest thing from the truth, in fact we’ve witnessed that with the passage of time since Roger’s has taken over we seem to only get better and better, he is bringing out the best from players only 6 months thought to be flops as well as a player who in his first year at the club looks a vastly improved player this year, Suarez. Truth is slowly we are finding the right pieces of the puzzle as we move forward we are no longer relying on Stevie G to save us. Others are beginning to emerge. The truth is we are a much more balanced team than we were 12 months ago.
Comparing Liverpool to Portsmouth… This simply proves great journalism is about reporting on the facts and doing research to ensure what is being reported is accurate. In this case both research and accuracy seem to be lacking.

By: Tamir Feroz

Tamir Feroz — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:13:55 +0000

Another piece of lazy journalism. Many “top” clubs are in debt, as far as I know Liverpool debt is due to the owners at no interest not the banks. This article said a lot without saying much at all. It was a re-hash of many different articles over the past month. In regard to resale values Liverpool do not have to sell top players to bring money in. Assaidi – 2mil, Coates – 5mil, Downing – 6mil, D.Wilson – 1mil, Spearing – 2mil, Pacheco – 2mil, Carroll – 12mil, Skrtel – 10mil, these sales would raise around 40mil for the club which is nearly half the debt.

By: Tyrone Maggoo

Tyrone Maggoo — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:12:11 +0000

It seems the internet is a forum for fools and genius alike. a place where even the most uninformed and ignorant can ran rant to a vast audience. In this case the author of this piece is doing a cracking job of proving this point to be correct. Lets look at the facts

These are the figures posted to May 2012 and not covering our current financial position. Most recently we have offloaded the majority of the large salary earners and senior playing who contributed to the large wage bills of the period reported. Players such as Joe Cole, Maxi Rodrigues, Dirk Kuyt, Alberto Aquliani to mention but a few have been taken off the wage bill. In the current trading period Liverpool have also managed to secure more sponsorship deals with Warrior (one of the largest in the Premiership) as well as Chevrolet to mention but a few. Also contributing to the loss reported was the severance package paid to King Kenny (one off payment)

What does this mean we have dramatically reduced our wage bill, we have also vastly increased our commercial revenue with at least one sponsorship deal alone being worth approx 25million per year.

In the past what kept us back was the philosophy of paying too high transfer fees for mediocre talent and rewarding that talent with high wages. This no doubt has changed since Roger’s appointment as even though Alleen and Borini have been signed at what some would considered inflated prices their salaries will be no where near the likes of those who have left.

The notion that we are running out of time is the farthest thing from the truth, in fact we’ve witnessed that with the passage of time since Roger’s has taken over we seem to only get better and better, he is bringing out the best from players only 6 months thought to be flops as well as a player who in his first year at the club looks a vastly improved player this year, Suarez. Truth is slowly we are finding the right pieces of the puzzle as we move forward we are no longer relying on Stevie G to save us. Others are beginning to emerge. the truth is we are a much more balanced team than we were 12 months ago.

Comparing Liverpool to Portsmouth….. That simply proves the author of this piece as no knowledge of the fact and like so many supporters make assumptions with out knowing the facts. Please, please, please do us all a favor and do some research before you decide to show those with some knowledge just how empty your the gap between your ears really is.

By: michael carter

michael carter — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:10:20 +0000

Oh dear what do they say? paper never refuses ink, equally the internet has an infinite amount of space to fill.

Liverpool already have a transfer policy – see Sturridge and Coutinho as recent proof.

Andy Carroll has a resale value not big sure but he has one. Jordan Henderson is not going anywhere this summer, Jonjo Shelvey on the other hand almost certainly is. Tom Ince will probably be coming in (see Shelvey money) and Stefan De Vrij looks likely for Carra. Get DM cover and LB cover and Liverpool will be fine.

The the best of the current kids will be ready in two seasons (Sterling, Smith, Ibe, Ward, Suso, Texieria, Yesil, McLaughlin, Dunn, Coady) at which point buying in ready made first team talent should almost a thing of the past.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:44:07 +0000

Why don’t you go and worry about manures finances for a change. They are leveraged to death.