Liverpool have bought success like everybody else

There’s reaction to the Liverpool mailbox of Tuesday morning as everybody else cites Liverpool as an example of a club that has spent well.

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Liverpool is not some rags to riches tale

It’s been a long time since I’ve written in, but Greg from Taunton deserves a response. Not debating the latter half of his mail, about how competitive the Premier League is or isn’t. And John Nic’s article about letting the big 6 league. I do disagree with his narrative about Liverpool, concluding with

‘Liverpool are a sign that although it is incredibly hard, it is possible to usurp clubs with more resources than you do by good management, canny ownership, and hard work.’

Liverpool play great football. Have appointed a brilliant manager. And had a great back room set up that meant they scouted good players, and sold players at good price to balance their books. Ie sensible. Should clubs claim credit for being sensible? It’s pretty much what they should be doing and something most clubs outside the top flight have to do every season. Exceptional is moving beyond this bracket. To reframe your argument without using any extra information. You basically wrote…

Financially mismanaged, an elite side with a legacy of winning trophies, was underperforming and nearly bankrupt themselves chasing past glories that ensure their inflated world wide fan base, which ensured they attracted interest to be bought even in this underachieving state, and saw them purchased by super wealthy owners for an outrageous amount of three hundred million pounds. With the fifth highest wage bill in the wealthiest league in the world they managed to finally meet fan expectations and win the Champions League.