So reading the last few pages of this thread we all know that the club only spends what it earns and that averages out at 15m per transfer window.
Thatâs despite being one of the biggest clubs in the world with a huge global fan base, all the latest tv deals making the premier league by far the richest in the world, all the new sponsorship deals and finally all of our success recently, securing CL football every season and normally reaching the latter stages - 3 finals under klopp!
So 15m a window despite the above. That to me says weâre gambling on CL football then. What happens if we donât secure CL football and we go in the europa league? Would our budget drop to say 10m a window? What if we go into that sh*t conference thing? Would it go to 5m a window? What if, god forbid, we donât even finish in the top 7âŚ..would we have any money at all for transfers?!
Neglecting our squad and leaving players on huge wages who are declining rapidly or contribute nothing because theyâre constantly injured because they wonât stump up transfer fees (without selling) is poor running of a football club.
Having one of the worlds biggest clubs in your hands and only being able to generate 15m a window is poor running of a football club.
In the last 2 seasons we have prioritised wages over transfer fees to keep players like Mo, Hendo and others. I thought this was a good plan, most fans probably agreed with this strategy. Most of the Mo Salah thread last season will be full of people telling FSG to pay Mo a massive salary for 4 or 5 years.
Today, that strategy appears questionable. With hindsight, maybe we should have allocated more money to transfer fees and accepted that a few of the established players would get frustrated and want to leave. We probably should also have sold some of the fringe players- Ox, Keita, Phillips, maybe some others (if anyone wanted to buy them).
As you say we are banking on CL qualification. Will the club have added clauses into new contracts reducing wages if we don't get CL? I hope so.
On a positive note, a few high wage players will leave at the end of the season so we may have some funds available for new players.
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