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There were 3 other bids made to buy Lfc and they were higher bids than fsg!!!!

3 other bids were ignored...., that's why hicks n gillette were , are still fighting fsg purchase of Lfc in the courts , in the USA !!

care to name the people involved as im not aware but kudos to you if you are

The problem with FSG is they are neither good nor bad but somewhere in the middle thats not what liverpool needed when mooores sold up. They do just enough to keep fan interest before the optimum sale point. The sooner they sell up and we can move forward the better.

I can't see who would be better than FSG.

Would you prefer a rich Arabian owner, with a team of mercenaries like Man City?

With no hopes of homegrown lads like Stevie G, Carra, Flanners, Rossiter ever coming through.

Having no identity and becoming a rich mans play toy?

Yes I prefer an arab owner who can build us a new stadium and buy many mercenaries like Aguero and Yaya Toure to win us the league every year.

Yes I would and your post above clearly demonstrates you have no idea about Manchester City they are doing far more than splashing cash on expensive players they are building a huge sports complex hotels a fantastic stadium and the best academy facility in Britain which cost £250m which is almost triple what FSG are investing in tarting up anfield

I don't pay much attention to your sleazy and pathetic attempts to make fun of anyone who doesn't agree with you. It really says more about the kind of greaseball you are.

Brian Barwick – LFC “growing and set for an exciting future”

As part of our look at Liverpool owners FSG and why they may be Liverpool’s best chance of success , Si Steers speaks to Brian Barwick, the former chief executive of The FA, a lifelong Liverpool supporter and sports media expert.



Brian Barwick:

The club needed to regain stability and structure following the exit of the previous regime. FSG came in to Liverpool and had to adapt quickly to understand the business of football. UK and US sports are very different, for example, there is no draft system in football; that period of adaptation was a learning curve. FSG also needed to take time to understand how Liverpool Football Club interacts with its local, regional and international following, the expectations, and how they resolve the conflicts that go with that.

FSG are highly professional sports business people with a very good idea on whats involved in producing a successful sports business that wins trophies but is run on sound financial and commercial principles.

The appointment of Brendan Rodgers was a logical move for a young coach that had been steadily building his reputation, and it was the right time for a big club to give him an opportunity. Under Rodgers it feels like there is a plan and structure to what is happening on the pitch. The club has recruited a man for the long term.

America is a market leader in how to commercialise sport and drive revenue into the business. FSG and Ian Ayre have done some very good commercial deals. There is now a lot more sense and sensibility about the running of the club. The stadium issue is finally approaching resolution – which gives the club a lot more certainty about the future.



FSG have a reputation of being winners. I have been watching Liverpool for over six decades and you get used to winning and being top of the pile, you can see the amount of energy and emotion in almost winning the PL last season. There are now 5-6 teams that can aspire to the title – so the aspiration for Liverpool has to be competing for the title and qualifying for the Champions League; to win trophies, but not at the expense of putting the club in a perilous financial position.

We are dealing with a set of people that have transferable skills and can run a very good sports institution, it took a little time to understand English football, but they have got to grips with it and the club is growing and set for an exciting future.

greaseball eh ? That's class I am sorry if some easily made reasoning errodes your attempts to promote FSG with any pro FSG article you can find on google but most of us have more sense to be taken in.

I guess success depends on what you mean by success if you mean building the brand to sell the club on then yes FSG are making progress. If you mean liverpool being a successful football club in the sense of winning trophies like titles and champions leagues FSG gave pretty much closed that door off for generations. After almost a decade the best FSG can come up with is £115m on one stand (moores built three in an era without the TV money) and Manchester City spend over double that just on a training academy for youngsters. We are not just being left behind we are not even on the starting blocks with these jokers the sooner they sell up and clear off then the sooner we start rebuilding this once great club.