FSG president Mike Gordon is surprisingly open with his thoughts on Liverpool competing with Man City, according to reports. It’s the big question over the Reds’ owners.
This comes from the Liverpool Echo. They claim that Mike Gordon, president of FSG, is ‘surprisingly candid’ with his thoughts on Liverpool and Manchester City.
The Reds’ ability to compete with City is a massive question mark that hangs over everything. They’ve done so up to now, to an extent, but can they sustain that competitiveness?
Well, Gordon apparently believes that Liverpool can’t. Or at least, he feels that it’s ‘increasingly difficult’, suggesting that the next Reds’ squad likely won’t be good enough.
The Echo also point out that many within FSG believe the funds just aren’t there. City have the backing of a state, after all, and are able to sign the likes of Erling Haaland. Liverpool just couldn’t handle a deal that size financially – a deal that reportedly cost over £300m, per The Times.
This belief, above all, would explain the current desire to find investment.
FSG and Man City
Competing with City is unbelievably difficult. Liverpool have managed it under Jurgen Klopp thanks to the German himself, as well as an enormously successful transfer policy.
They’ve gotten just about every signing correct under Klopp, from Virgil van Dijk’s record transfer to finding Andy Robertson at Hull City. There’s a sense that it’s been a little too good – as in, you can’t reliably expect to get this many signings correct all of the time.
So as the squad ages and the need to build a new one increases, FSG aren’t sure they can replicate the success. That will push the desire to find investment or sell entirely. After all, if Liverpool slip further behind, the value of the club as an asset for FSG will plunge.
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