Liverpool enter talks with Saudi Arabian and Qatari consortiums over a potential £3BILLION takeover

[sir roger]

I'll take any regime from the Taliban up, at this point.

[Guest]

On 26/01/2023 at 21:09, navbasi said:

Anfield knowledge? Never heard of the cunts.

[Pete]

9 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Anfield knowledge? Never heard of the cunts.

So no knowledge of Anfield Knowledge then?  . 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Pete said:

So no knowledge of Anfield Knowledge then?  . 

My knowledge of Anfield is not restricted by my lack of knowledge of Anfield Knowledge. However I do feel my lack of knowledge of Anfield Knowledge helps me feel good about my knowledge of Anfield.

[Pete]

19 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

My knowledge of Anfield is not restricted by my lack of knowledge of Anfield Knowledge. However I do feel my lack of knowledge of Anfield Knowledge helps me feel good about my knowledge of Anfield.

It's good you have knowledge that you have little knowledge on this subject.  To my knowledge I'm lacking knowledge on this topic.

[Anubis]

On 03/02/2023 at 19:26, sir roger said:

I'll take any regime from the Taliban up, at this point.

Welcome to the MI:5 watch list.

[Elite]

On 03/02/2023 at 19:26, sir roger said:

I'll take any regime from the Taliban up, at this point.

Guaranteed some explosive signings, etc.

[johnsusername]

According to the latest Athletic LFC podcast (Walk On?) there's no sign of anyone interested in buying. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

According to the latest Athletic LFC podcast (Walk On?) there's no sign of anyone interested in buying. 

Not surprised at all.

[Lee909]

It's vastly over inflated in terms if value. Unless the super league happens or individual tv deals and the league isn't going to vote in favour of that I'm not sure where money can be made. Will any of the oil states want to bid knowing the fans opposition to it or why bid 3billion when you can but a midtable club for 300-500ml and pump money into them with a fan base that'll like their hoop and defend them online 

[Numero Veinticinco]

8 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

It's vastly over inflated in terms if value. Unless the super league happens or individual tv deals and the league isn't going to vote in favour of that I'm not sure where money can be made. Will any of the oil states want to bid knowing the fans opposition to it or why bid 3billion when you can but a midtable club for 300-500ml and pump money into them with a fan base that'll like their hoop and defend them online 

Well, you don’t have the prestige with those clubs. 

[dockers_strike]

4 hours ago, johnsusername said:

According to the latest Athletic LFC podcast (Walk On?) there's no sign of anyone interested in buying. 

 

I dont believe that for a second. What I would say is I dont think any state, organisation or consortium is prepared to pay £2.5b or whatever the supposed asking price is.

 

4 hours ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Not surprised at all.

 

Why? A chance to buy one of the biggest sporting clubs in the world with a huge fanbase and modern infrastructure that needs minimal spending on it and you think no one is remotely interested in buying it?

[coachpotato]

Maybe the fact that the Premier League is going after City and their owners might put potential buyers off if they think they’ll not be able to do as they please with their money and might actually have to stick to rules?

[J-V]

3 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

Maybe the fact that the Premier League is going after City and their owners might put potential buyers off if they think they’ll not be able to do as they please with their money and might actually have to stick to rules?

 

That would actually make us more attractive as we already make a profit and are well within FFP.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

40 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

 

I dont believe that for a second. What I would say is I dont think any state, organisation or consortium is prepared to pay £2.5b or whatever the supposed asking price is.

 

 

Why? A chance to buy one of the biggest sporting clubs in the world with a huge fanbase and modern infrastructure that needs minimal spending on it and you think no one is remotely interested in buying it?

Minimal spending after the initial outlay, I’d say a fortune needs spending on the pitch.

Hopefully some group come in asap, I understand our allure but also our price, prestige or not, we will wait and see.

[Daisy]

The amount of people willing to chuck money at Chelsea but seemingly no one wants to buy us. What the fuck is up with that. Stinks

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Megadrive Man]

It seems like United are closer to being sold than we are and they have a bigger asking price, need 1 to 2 billion spending on the Stadium and are behind us now in terms of revenue.

 

It feels like we are going to end up stuck with FSG going backwards.

[dockers_strike]

1 hour ago, Megadrive Person said:

It seems like United are closer to being sold than we are and they have a bigger asking price, need 1 to 2 billion spending on the Stadium and are behind us now in terms of revenue.

 

It feels like we are going to end up stuck with FSG going backwards.

 

Does it seem like united are closer to being sold? I dont think so. They've had one expression of interest, Radcliffe and he seems no closer to actually putting a wedge down on the table never mind near what the glazers want.

[No2]

2 hours ago, Daisy said:

The amount of people willing to chuck money at Chelsea but seemingly no one wants to buy us. What the fuck is up with that. Stinks

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd say it's because of our fans. We have some right cunts following us, so basically it's your fault. 

[TD_LFC]

9 minutes ago, No2 said:

I'd say it's because of our fans. We have some a right cunts following us, so basically it's your fault. 

 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

Fuck it, at this stage I'd have Jesse Marsche in, and then make it USA FC. 

Buy Adams, McKennie, Musah, Weah, Reyna and get Alphonso Davies (Canada is close enough).  We'd sell 100m shirts within a week.  

Set up scouting networks in all states. 

Bish bash bosh, within 5 seasons we're making more money than Jeff Bezos, and the talent keeps flowing in for free. 

 

Only half tongue in cheek. 

 

[coachpotato]

Interest in Chelsea more than us is understandable. 
They are in London, we aren’t.

They were given permission to spend the Bank of England on players, whereas we have to stick to FFP regs.

They are a storied club with a magnificent history and are supported by a massive fan base worldwide, we are a “smallish club somewhere north of the M25”(Bruce Buck - Chelsea Chairman, c2010).

They have a reputation for being stylish and bohemian (Kings Road, Peter Osgood and all that innit?) we are dour, working class and socialist.

Fools, and their money, are easily parted.

I don’t think Todd Boehly will be having the last laugh here.

[chrisbonnie]

So Qatar is apparently interested in buying the mancs now. 

 

Fucking brilliant........ At least we have safe hands with fsg........ 

[Barrington Womble]

Just catching up a bit on this thread.

 

On 02/02/2023 at 09:45, navbasi said:

Have to agree.. I've been less this season because my daughter is in her final year at Uni and funds have been diverted there, however, my nephew (who I share my ST with) is 28 and single and travels home and away (lucky bastard!!)... damn getting old and having other commitments... it's proper shit!! 

 

Do you not think though, anyone of 28 is going to approach this all a little differently? They've never really known football without financial doping. And most of the things that piss oldies off like me like VAR, over exposure of the game, over paid players, dickhead kick off times, gobshite fanz into bantz on social media, you're 28 year olds know nothing else? We're now the same as our parents and grandparents who said the game was fucked when players didn't get the bus to the match anymore and go the pub for a pint after with the fans. I think 28 year olds can't see football as fucked as we do. 

 

On 02/02/2023 at 10:42, Scott_M said:

Didn’t the other Arab nations around Qatar stop dealing with them a few years ago because of ongoing terrorist links? 
 

 

Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis#%3A~%3Atext%3DIn_March_2014%2C_Saudi_Arabia%2CGulf_Cooperation_Council_(GCC).?wprov=sfla1

 

I'm not sure how saudi looks down their nose at anyone about terrorism though. 

 

On 02/02/2023 at 13:03, dockers_strike said:

 

I dont think there will be any drop off in attendance generally. The only time there will be a drop off is when the new 'I dont care how we win, just fucking win' types find a run of poor form means the team doesnt win and those same people say 'Im not paying 50 quid to watch that shite' and avoid going the game.

 

What Im saying is the make up of the match going fans will change. The ground will be fuller with the couldnt give a fuck, win at any cost types. The ones who'll boo like fuck if they have to pay and sit through the type of results we've seen this season, the type who think YNWA only has one verse and start clapping like fuck at the end of that verse, worse than they do now, the ones who are on their phones during the game telling social media what a good \ bad time they're having, the type that leaves the ground with 15 minutes to go because they want to avoid the traffic \ get into the pub so they can order a few beers before the rest pile in.

 

I don't think that is very fair..there are loads of great fans who don't care about any of this shit and will continue to go the game because they love the team. Who owned your football club from a political point stand point is quite a new thing in our country I think. Nobody gave a fuck, in fact some of the loud voices protesting Qatar I know for sure we're very supportive of DIC back when H&G owned the club.

 

In fact aside from politics many would be up in arms if Qatar bought us and owned PSG because of sporting integrity. Yet when I was a kid, nobody gave 2 fucks about how the Moores family juggled the LFC & EFC assets around their family. 

 

I don't see the correlation in the idea that someone who isn't interested in the off-field stuff won't support their team. I get you're trying to say there are some win at all cost fans who want wealth beyond anything. I don't want that, but I don't want it in the game. But it exists..it will continue to exists and my support of LFC by definition supports the PL product and the sportswashing within it. Anyone who parts with money today for PL products from tickets to sky & bt to shirts is part of the problem. We all have different lines when to bow out. I haven't hit mine yet, but it may not be too far away. But I don't think it just makes you any better or worse a fan supporting your team and understanding YNWA. We just all want different things out of football. I'm sure the ground will still be packed with 10s of thousands of decent people and good supporters should we be bought by Qatar. It might just mean some of us old farts get out of the way and give the kids a chance. 

 

On 02/02/2023 at 20:18, dave u said:

 

Yeah I'm struggling to see how them selling, say, 25% of the club for a billion dollars or whatever is going to change anything beyond the short term. And what are they going to do with the billion dollars? How much goes on players and how much goes to them as a return on their investment? They don't take dividends, so this is how they are going to make money, right? Isn't that what they did with the redbird thing?

 

There was someone on the TV from over that side I heard last week while I was away. He was saying FSG believe their model is bust and it's run it's course. FFP & ESL plays a part, but it's not all about that, they just don't believe they've got the ideas or the longevity to push things forward both on and off the pitch. The idea of external investment, if a minority stake, would be to take someone who has the ideas, but maybe not the capital to take the whole club today. Their idea could reinvigorate what we do and it would create a stepping stone for them to take a greater share in the club and of course, greater profit for FSG. It seemed pretty reasonable to me. He was adamant though that they think we've managed all we can under their current direction and they are committed to what they do now until someone has a better idea or takes it off their hands. 

 

3 hours ago, Daisy said:

The amount of people willing to chuck money at Chelsea but seemingly no one wants to buy us. What the fuck is up with that. Stinks

 

 

 

It's human nature that deadlines drive delivery. We have imposed no deadline (or none apparent to us). Chelsea's thing happened in the way it did because there was about 6 weeks to get it sorted in very unique circumstances. I'm pretty sure abramovic doesn't take 2.5bn should he not be forced to. 

[Megadrive Man]

2 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

 

Does it seem like united are closer to being sold? I dont think so. They've had one expression of interest, Radcliffe and he seems no closer to actually putting a wedge down on the table never mind near what the glazers want.

 

United fans seem to think it will be announced by the end of February.