Liverpool Thread | 2025/26

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Semper aggressus said:
How are they able to fund all these signings yet we make more commercially and have the draw of Pep, yet we refuse to try for signings like Wirtz and Isak once the cost is apparent?

What is stopping us spending the way Liverpool can, they’re subject to the same financial rules as us?
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you have spent way more than us this year?
 
jrb said:
The Saudi owners and Newcastle are not selling him.

He is under contract,

Why would Newcastle sell their only real goal scorer and best player?

Newcastle need him for the CL, as well as another top 4 challenge.
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"Alexander...if you're interested in a move to Liverpool we're happy to discuss this over dinner at our embassy in Istanbul."
 
Semper aggressus said:
How are they able to fund all these signings yet we make more commercially and have the draw of Pep, yet we refuse to try for signings like Wirtz and Isak once the cost is apparent?

What is stopping us spending the way Liverpool can, they’re subject to the same financial rules as us?
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Our refusal to overpay for players?
 
Semper aggressus said:
How are they able to fund all these signings yet we make more commercially and have the draw of Pep, yet we refuse to try for signings like Wirtz and Isak once the cost is apparent?

What is stopping us spending the way Liverpool can, they’re subject to the same financial rules as us?
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We have spent big on Grealish. But don't forget they have the magic Coutinio money still.:-) so everything is ok.
 
Goochy said:
you have spent way more than us this year?
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Hi Goochy City posted a profit of £73.8 million in their last accounts for season 23/24, Liverpool on the other hand posted a loss of £43.5 million for 23/24 which stands as a club record. As I’ve highlighted to you before they haven’t posted a profit since 2022.

City’s academy is much better than Liverpool’s and has turned over a billion in player sales since the new CFA was built in 2014. Consistently winning trophies like four league titles in a row and a treble (which Liverpool have never done either) consistently qualifying for the champions league which City hold the record for an English team for playing 14 consecutive seasons in the competition.

Add to that City have not used now deemed illegal interest free director loans which Liverpool have to the amount of £70 million. Three’s quite a few reasons why City can spend more than Liverpool and why there should be questions asked about Liverpool’s spending.

As it’s now been established Liverpool have unknowingly or knowingly enjoyed illegal owner investment to gain a sporting advantage. Should the Premier League now launch an investigation to forensically look back through Liverpool’s accounts to establish if they have escaped a sanction for financial fair play when really they should have had one? Please answer as the last time you talked about club finance on here you went hiding when the facts were highlighted.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Hi Goochy City posted a profit of £73.8 million in their last accounts for season 23/24, Liverpool on the other hand posted a loss of £43.5 million for 23/24 which stands as a club record. As I’ve highlighted to you before they haven’t posted a profit since 2022.

City’s academy is much better than Liverpool’s and has turned over a billion in player sales since the new CFA was built in 2014. Consistently winning trophies like four league titles in a row and a treble (which Liverpool have never done either) consistently qualifying for the champions league which City hold the record for an English team for playing 14 consecutive seasons in the competition.

Add to that City have not used now deemed illegal interest free director loans which Liverpool have to the amount of £70 million. Three’s quite a few reasons why City can spend more than Liverpool and why there should be questions asked about Liverpool’s spending.

As it’s now been established Liverpool have unknowingly or knowingly enjoyed illegal owner investment to gain a sporting advantage. Should the Premier League now launch an investigation to forensically look back through Liverpool’s accounts to establish if they have escaped a sanction for financial fair play when really they should have had one? Please answer as the last time you talked about club finance on here you went hiding when the facts were highlighted.
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It's never their fault!
 
Over on rawk a poster has upset the applecart by posting some analysis from Brand Finance. Now, I had not heard of this company, but a quick search brings back:

"Brand Finance is the world's leading brand valuation consultancy."

So perhaps some credibility.........

"Brand Finance, external head of sports services Hugo Hensley told BBC Sport: "Brand Finance's fan research, conducted in June in 14 markets, shows that Manchester City are the sixth most followed team globally and among a top echelon of 15 clubs that carry a true global appeal.

"The £100m-a-year kit deal with Puma is a huge amount of money but I would feel they are doing it with a strong knowledge of the return on investment that it has generated so far - through increased brand consideration, purchase, loyalty and price premium attached to their products.

"A huge part of the investment in this partnership is about the exposure it generates - management will be hoping it helps Puma at the top of the customer funnel by improving awareness and familiarity.

"Out of the top 10 clubs featured in this year's most valuable brand rankings, City has the joint-highest percentage of fans that have claimed to have purchased merchandise (70%), level with Real Madrid. This a key market that Puma are hoping to tap into, given the strong propensity for fans to purchase new replica kits on an annual basis.

"As the top English football club brand, City are excelling not only in on-field success but also in brand value and strength. In 2024, Manchester City's brand value rose 7% to £1.39bn, placing them second only to Real Madrid and ahead of major competitors such as Barcelona (£1.3bn), Manchester United and Liverpool (both £1.21bn). That is a massive achievement.

"Puma's long-term commitment acknowledges the firm belief that City will continue to dominate on and off the pitch for many seasons to come. On this trajectory of current commercial growth across the Premier League, the £100m price tag could soon be a bargain."
 
Of course now there are lots of posts decrying that analysis - such as:

"..... Also, Brand Finance’s fan research was probably made up of social media polls skewed by bots"

If you can hold your nose and just laugh at the absurdity, rawk can be a laugh a minute - they are so obsessed with posting that we do not matter to them - yet they bang on about us all the time.

Increasingly, you see flouncing posts like this one - fuck they are in denial:

"If City end up getting away with these charges and everyone just leaves it at that I will stop caring about football on the spot, I'll be done with it.

I'm getting sick of the blatant corruption and nowt being done about it. City sell nowhere near the amount of shirts we do, we're the champions and we get our usual second rate deal in comparison. Have any journalists raised any eyebrows about their new deal? Or is it all good with those timid, corrupt bastards too?"
 
Vienna_70 said:
Our refusal to overpay for players?
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It’s only overpaying if they turn out shit or disappointing though.

I’d say given their subsequent performances Arsenal didn’t overpay for Rice and Liverpool definitely didn’t overpay for van Dijk.

It’s impossible though to know how a player will perform at a new club, sometimes for the right level of player I wish we would take that risk more. I personally believe we could have won even more if we’d been willing to overpay in one or two instances.

All with hindsight of course. Unfortunately van Dijk didn’t end up like Mangala or Rice like Phillips.

I think City are wealthy enough to take more risks. I also think if other top clubs value someone at over £100m there’s actually less chance of him being shit, he’ll probably be a season-changer. To get ahead you have be a bit more ambitious in the transfer market. We seem to play it safe a little too much.
 
Never really minded the scousers years ago but that all changed in the 13/14 season after the Hillsborough memorial game when Tyler gave the most biased commentary ever heard at a football match.
From then on my dislike of all things red Scouse grew year on year.
Brendan Rogers encouraging the cult followers to attack sterling.
Ex players in the media constantly trying to belittle my club.
Klopp always being a massive knob.
Every article online about city gets hijacked by the scruffy cunts.

They're right up there with the rags in terms of hate.
 
city5189 said:
Never really minded the scousers years ago but that all changed in the 13/14 season after the Hillsborough memorial game when Tyler gave the most biased commentary ever heard at a football match.
From then on my dislike of all things red Scouse grew year on year.
Brendan Rogers encouraging the cult followers to attack sterling.
Ex players in the media constantly trying to belittle my club.
Klopp always being a massive knob.
Every article online about city gets hijacked by the scruffy cunts.

They're right up there with the rags in terms of hate.
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And totally deserved
 
city5189 said:
Never really minded the scousers years ago but that all changed in the 13/14 season after the Hillsborough memorial game when Tyler gave the most biased commentary ever heard at a football match.
From then on my dislike of all things red Scouse grew year on year.
Brendan Rogers encouraging the cult followers to attack sterling.
Ex players in the media constantly trying to belittle my club.
Klopp always being a massive knob.
Every article online about city gets hijacked by the scruffy cunts.

They're right up there with the rags in terms of hate.
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I see them as one these days.
They had a rivalry but these days it's just a fake load of bollocks as they sit together as pundits jointly slagging us.
Rags/Dippers #1hate
 
city5189 said:
Never really minded the scousers years ago but that all changed in the 13/14 season after the Hillsborough memorial game when Tyler gave the most biased commentary ever heard at a football match.
From then on my dislike of all things red Scouse grew year on year.
Brendan Rogers encouraging the cult followers to attack sterling.
Ex players in the media constantly trying to belittle my club.
Klopp always being a massive knob.
Every article online about city gets hijacked by the scruffy cunts.

They're right up there with the rags in terms of hate.
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Now that henderson has joined Brentford and the dippers last game of the season is at home to Brentford, anyone getting the Argentina v Peru. World cup 78 vibe??
 
solley attwell said:
Now that henderson has joined Brentford and the dippers last game of the season is at home to Brentford, anyone getting the Argentina v Peru. World cup 78 vibe??
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Henderson will be back in Saudi by Christmas
 
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