And round and round we go... most of the arguments on here go as follows
FSG won't buy the top players -> counter -> those players preferred to go elsewhere -> counter -> if FSG offered enough money they would come -> counter -> where is your evidence for that? -> counter -> here is a list of players that went elsewhere -> counter -> they all went to richer clubs in the CL -> counter -> rubbish, it's because FSG lack ambition and won't spend the money -> counter -> where is your evidence for that? -> counter -> FSG won't buy the top players
I mean seriosuly, come on, this is a waste of time. People need to accept Liverpool are not the draw they once were and do not have the money to overcome that barrier. So FSG are doinga spurs and building the club back up over time. It's a slow build and has, to date, shown steady progress.
They inherited a Club who had been in two Champions League finals in 5 years. One of the biggest brands in World Sport. The 8th richest Club in the World. A Club that had no trouble attracting players like Torres, Alonso, Mascherano, Reina, Agger etc.
They joined because we were an ambitious Club with a manager determined to get us to the very top. Since then it is FSG who have constantly talked us down, looked to lower expectations at every turn and settled for mediocrity.
The bullshit they come out with is unreal my favourite being that Sanchez turned us down because his wife wanted to live in London, he is not and has never been married yet we swallowed their bullshit, smiled and said maybe next summer.
Even Wenger said he thought he had no chance with Sanchez because basically not even Liverpool could fuck a deal up involving Suarez and Sanchez . No one wants to live up North as an excuse is fucking laughable when you see the number of Brazilians happily plying their trade in Russia and places like the Ukraine etc.
Another favourite is schizophrenic FSG leaking one minute that they matched the wages for player A that rival bidders offered but they turned us down, whilst at the same time telling us how clever they are with their performance related pay. We make daft promises in transfer negotiations about players joining on bread and water terms with the promise of jam later.
As a player would you join a Club trusting in you and prepared to offer the going rate upfront or would you join LFC hoping they will keep their word. Especially when you have JWH going on US TV with his buddies telling everyone about Suarez having a buy out clause but us just ignoring it.
If you want to build then you need hugely ambitious players to get you there and you have to accept that if you fail to keep your end of the bargain about going forward and becoming a force then players are going to want to leave. You have to accept that with grace get the best fee you can and move on. Unfortunately FSG are so weak and so PR conscious that if you want to leave even if they are happy to rake in the cash then the player has to be crucified in public so that teflon John and the rest of FSG can keep up their image.
We don't compete at the top end of the market which you can possibly make a case for but to make that case then you have to have a sound structured football model. Say going for the players slightly below that level with potential. Pretty much what Sevilla have done with Monchi. Their model is that to attract the players they want they are prepared to pay big wages, bigger wages than they can actually afford which means they accept they will have to sell players just to fund the wage bill. FSG do the opposite they try and pay players below the going rate with a promise of jam later.
If you aren't going to compete at that level then you need to bring players through your academy and poach players from other academies. The way you do that is buy offering them bigger wages. like we did with Sterling. What do FSG do they impose a salary Cap on youth players. Haven't they learned from the Dele Alli fiasco.
In short our business model seems to be not to compete but to overpay the likes of Newcastle and Southampton for average to good Premiership proven players. The real irony is that getting done over for the likes of Carroll, Gini, Lallana, Lovren, Mane, Lambert etc is somehow seen as FSG having ambition.
It isn't it is a sign that FSG haven't got a clue, have a terrible scouting network and resort to overpaying when they are under the cosh.
