Liverpools cash woes revealed - Losing 1 mill a week

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#76
why would anyone buy the club at an inflated figure when they know if they hold off 2 months they will get it at a bargain price, we arent talking about dyed in the wool, merseysiders that are going to purchase the club, its going to be business men, looking for the best possible deal they can get, and at the moment im struggling to find this "appeal" you speak of, we are actually in a shambles, and it's going to cost the potential buyer a lot of money to drag this "appealing" club up to a level that is going to be satisfactory or atleast competitive (monetary) wise with the mancs and chelski.
the appeal would be big supporter base, world wide known club etc

there will be someone out there with the money and love who will take it on. Look at man city and chelski they were lesser clubs before their white knight came along. The only problem would be if your owners decide to set a really high price that no one wants to pay and then hang on for ten years to get it running the club into the ground in the process.
 

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-History? Lehman brothers had history and where did they end up? As dagger said it will probably take at least 1bn to turn the club around. Right now pool are making a 50million loss a year, with high debt ratios. That is not attractive investment. The best hope is for a man city like owner that doesn't care about losing money to come along and buy the club.

Laughable that you are comparing the club to a company that wound up with debt of close to 600 billion dollars. I don't think Liverpool is at that level of debt quite yet.

Mate why can't you just admit that the brand name of Liverpool Football Club and the prestige and history that the club holds is appealing to investors?
Yeah, of course its going to take substantial initial investment, what company doesn't take initial investment to find its legs?
The fact is that if you look at it as a long term investment/project, following initial investment the club with the right management and direction has incredible earning potential.

As mentioned previously, the argument of the all mighty dollar isn't the only one to be made either. You would be stupid not to believe there is investors out there who have cash to spend and basically would love the opportunity of owning LFC and bringing some success to its fans. Hell, if i was a billionaire I would have bought the club and pissed away all my money on it years ago.
 

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#78
Laughable that you are comparing the club to a company that wound up with debt of close to 600 billion dollars. I don't think Liverpool is at that level of debt quite yet.

Mate why can't you just admit that the brand name of Liverpool Football Club and the prestige and history that the club holds is appealing to investors?
Yeah, of course its going to take substantial initial investment, what company doesn't take initial investment to find its legs?
The fact is that if you look at it as a long term investment/project, following initial investment the club with the right management and direction has incredible earning potential.

As mentioned previously, the argument of the all mighty dollar isn't the You would be stupid not to believe there is investors out there who have cash to spend and basically would love the opportunity of owning LFC and bringing some success to its fansonly one to be made either. . Hell, if i was a billionaire I would have bought the club and pissed away all my money on it years ago.
I was making the point that history isn't everything to investors. If it is "so appealing" there would have been multiple appraoches by now, there is always a market for quality. I don't doubt liverpool are an appealing brand but the financial shape of the club is more important for most investors, that is all I am saying. If you can't accept that then no point arguing. The only time this isn't the case is when there is abromovich and abu dhabi like owners, and how many of them are there that own soccer clubs?

I don't know where you are getting the idea of "incredible earning potential from"? Arsenal made a 35 mil profit and you can be sure that the investors didn't get the full amount of this. Divide that be a number of parties and you are looking at under 8 mil a year I'd reckon. That is not incredible earning. I reckon you would be looking at maybe 5-10 years before an investor would make a profit from liverpool. You could stick 1bn in a bank and make more than you would by owning a team. The only way Liverpool will get out of this mess is if they can find an owner with money to burn. A lot easier said then done.
 

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#79
Laughable that you are comparing the club to a company that wound up with debt of close to 600 billion dollars. I don't think Liverpool is at that level of debt quite yet.

Mate why can't you just admit that the brand name of Liverpool Football Club and the prestige and history that the club holds is appealing to investors?
Yeah, of course its going to take substantial initial investment, what company doesn't take initial investment to find its legs?
The fact is that if you look at it as a long term investment/project, following initial investment the club with the right management and direction has incredible earning potential.

As mentioned previously, the argument of the all mighty dollar isn't the only one to be made either. You would be stupid not to believe there is investors out there who have cash to spend and basically would love the opportunity of owning LFC and bringing some success to its fans. Hell, if i was a billionaire I would have bought the club and pissed away all my money on it years ago.
debt of 600 billion? You sure about that?
 
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