Robbie Rotten wrote:Not necessarily. We make, or made, quite a lot of money as a club, whilst our wage bill was the 5th/6th largest in the league, it might even be the 7th now, but we were one of the more profitable clubs due to our high'ish revenues, yet moderately high wage bill. I doubt we'll make anywhere near as much due to the early KO in the CL last year, and the lack of qualification for the CL this year. We have a huge shirt sponsorship at the moment with Standard, whilst the potential to sell naming rights to any potential stadium will be huge. The potential to make profit at our club is huge, with a new stadium bringing in higher crowds and sponsorship deals, we could be right up there with United and Arsenal if we're ran the right way. We have a world class academy (admittedly, it hasn't bore much fruit over recent years, but Benitez left it in fantastic shape), we have an absolutely huge fan base that stretches to all corners of the globe, with the potential for that to grow still to be fully tapped into, whilst we still have some semi-decent players at the club, although the current coach is completely incapable of managing the current crop of players, there are still plenty of dire players that shouldn't be here.
Mate, the fact that your wage bill isn’t as high as ours, United’s and Chelsea’s, is reflected in the group of players you have. Liverpool will need a fair few new players, and within a year or two will have to look at replacing your key player and talisman – Gerrard. I would think your wage bill will increase sharply. YOu will also have to pay that bit more as you cannot offer CL and clubs will want to get every last penny from you if they think you have money burning a hole in your pocket - just like they did with City and Chelsea.
As for global fanbase, each year you fail to qualify for CL, and struggle in the league, those fans will move on to support someone else.
As for your shirt sponsorship, I know it’s a big deal. I don’t know, but is it linked to appearing in the CL or success in the league and cup competitions?
A new stadium will be very expensive - £300m - £400m? Where will the new owner get the money from to buy a new stadium? Or is it likely that this will involve the owner taking out a loan?
Before the new stadium is up and running, you could find that City and Spurs are stronger and more experienced at fighting it out at the top end of the table., and will have stronger squads than they currently have.
Luckily, the FFPR have been written by your club, along with United, Real, Barca and the likes, so you could have a pile of debt after finishing the stadium but still be able to compete in the CL, but a team with no debt may not be able to take part. The rules are so corrupt, that they don’t allow a clubs accounts to show that a transfer fee was paid outright. Instead it has to be amortised over the length of the contract even if the fee has been paid in full. You would think a self-interested party/parties with huge debts had written these rules, wouldn’t you?
Rant over re the FFPR. Hopefully, you will replace United in the top 4.
LGJM, I am not going to talk to you about this. You’re a n0b, and I don’t want to even discuss the weather with you.
