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You do build gradually Vish quite correct as City are doing and lets remember their fan base was nothing like Liverpool and stay ins,t. But you give yourself scope to expand capacity wise if United can get 76k today pretty sure Liverpool could or very close to it. Yet the greatest we can ever do is 70k and I dont believe that will happen not for many years and united and city will be beyond that by then. We are limiting ourselves to below our upper limit from day one which might suit FSG as they can force the price up. No doubt Vish you will be happy at that outcome because on the odd time you come to england you might stand more chance of a ticket. Try to think of the club not yourself

I think I know better than you when my FSG hate started vish. I don't hate them by the way just don't trust them. I think you will find I mistrusted them from day one and what my fears were have proved to be the case. They are spending the bare minimum and leaving the club without the long term capacity to compete at the very top of British football where at one time we were the undesputed leaders. Not only will we never get back there but we seem to have given up trying and I don't apply this just to the owners who are speculators no more, no it seems many fans have given up. You yourself said yesterday the club has not been at the top for many years and therefore our ground should be planned on our likely status which is a top half table club no more. Most Liverpool fans I know aim higher and are appalled at the lack of vision for the club

Vish I am not a billionaire owner of a football club or do you think no one has a right to an opinion unless you can demonstrate you personally are prepared to put up £750m ?

The question was if you were a Billionaire, remember? And you said no, you would never invest in the football. No I wouldn't invest because I don't believe that this is a priority, right now, getting to 58k seats by spending 150m is the most sensible thing to do for the best future of the club, this is what I believe.

I disagree spending £150m does not solve the problem only postpones it and we could well be wasting that money. However to be clear I would be devastated to destroy anfield I went there first as a 6 year old and have had many memories. So for me the refurbishment is the best emotional option but taking that out of the equation and using my head rather than heart a new stadium is the only option. I am expecting FSG to put the club up for sale after they have build phase 2 the anfield road I can't see where the club will go from there or who would be interested in a club with such a handicap

I disagree spending £150m does not solve the problem only postpones it and we could well be wasting that money. However to be clear I would be devastated to destroy anfield I went there first as a 6 year old and have had many memories. So for me the refurbishment is the best emotional option but taking that out of the equation and using my head rather than heart a new stadium is the only option. I am expecting FSG to put the club up for sale after they have build phase 2 the anfield road I can't see where the club will go from there or who would be interested in a club with such a handicap

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It appears that spending 170 mil is the sensible thing that based on the amount of information fsg have allowed us to know ? However if toffs can build a new 54 k stadia for 200 mil then that whould then make it appear not the sensible thing to do !
Its all smoke and mirrors at the moment but i can tell you now if the toffs do build a decent stadia for 200 - 250 mil then some serious questions will arise on fsg's reason for a 170 mil reno dont you think ?