This is such a remedial assessment of the financial situation at the club, by people who do not have any knowledge of analyzing financial statements and can't even do their own taxes. You lot do know that there are financial statements on Liverpool website but let me dumb it down for you so you will stop with all this nonsense... *_Do you remember when you were kid, and you saw your dad at the kitchen table, counting money, and writing on a notepad, and you asked him for a $1 so you could run to the store and buy some candy? He told you no, he didn't have it, and you didn't understand why. Then you got older and started having bills and other responsibilites... at that point you understand why your dad told you no when he had a wad of cash in his hands._* Same as with Liverpool, just because they sold Hendo, Fab, Firmino, and bought Gravernberch, Szobo, Macca, Endo, Chiesa, etc... you do not even know how they paid and sold those players, e.g.... was it armotized over a certain period of time... Craig just running his mouth, about where is the money, without even looking at the basic wage bill for one, you know you can look that up at capology, or other similar sites. Time to protest? For what? You lot just love to show your ignorance, don't you? Business owners don't act and speak like you do, we understand that some days are more profitable than others, and there are always unforeseen circumstances that will eat up your profits, and sometimes put you in the red. Liverpool increased stadium capacity, (again, back to the analogy of the dad with a wad of cash above), signed a more lucrative kit deal, and with winning both the EPL and UCL titles, that's more revenue coming into the club, and at that point, the club will invest more into player acquisitions that the manager, Slot, and the sporting director team, feel will keep us winning trophies, and hard to beat).... until then you lot need to stop showing just how ignorant you are... -time to protest- ... pfffffffff!
@superphil6115 spot on mate. Craig and anyone else thinking that a few number (which they clearly don't understand) tell the whole financial story. Running my own business gives me some idea but mainly I know not to judge anything by the numbers Craig quoted as that's a tiny piece of a 10,000 piece puzzle
We have also sold / loaned out 44 players in the past year. They are clearly taking money for themselves, whether for their own financial benefit, or siphoning it off to their other franchises in their ever growing portfolio. But the whole thing stinks. Don’t trust them one bit. Epic swindle here Craig.
I agree, this stinks. We lost about 10 players and brought in 4 players. Disgusting. I'm so tired of FSGs lies and excuses. It's clear our Teams success isn't a high priority for them. Supporters need to become visible with our protests
It's terrible to be top of the league, Champions league. Have Brentford manager call you best team in the world, have Irish press say you have the best squad depth in Europe. To have your subs bench being able to be 1st teamers on 15/20 Prem sides. To expand the stadium, build a new training center with a new Acadamy area. To hire two fantastic managers. Yeah FSG are terrible I'm so sick of it.
FSG does the same thing with the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins. They are rat-holing money to buy the Boston Celtics in 2028. Around $6 billion. The NBA is losing fan appeal, while PL is gaining. Go figure.
@@billfrohberg3206 The RedSox had a curse didn't win since the traded Babe Ruth 100 years ago. Under FSG they broke the curse and have won several titles. Are there things to complain about absolute as with Liverpool, but the Red Sox are better off after FSG bought them as are the Reds. The point I make is people take for granted all that is good and complain about what they don't like.
I have an accounting degree. I can tell you that clubs can play tricks with the figures to make it look like there's a loss, but it's only an accounting or tax loss, due to depreciation (for example, the cost of building the new stand last year) or other expenses. Proof - is there a shortage of wealthy types who line up to buy a team when one is announced for sale? NO! Look, you know what FSG paid for the team and you've spoken about what it's worth today. Does today's valuation make sense if FSG were actually losing money? Of course not. That's because they're not running at a loss. As said earlier, it's a tax loss, not an actual loss. If they were suffering actual losses, THEY'D HAVE SOLD THE TEAM!
I agree the owner Henry is probably paid $100 mill to buy NBA team. He does this to hide the fact he takes money out of club so he doesn't look bad like glazers who don't hide the fact they draw money out of man u
Becuase Liverpool has one of the highest administrative costs in the league. All those newly hired top guns like Hughes etc cost a lot of money. All the people crunching numbers for all those transfers that fail to materialize also cost a lot of money.
@@coen8677 it’s been going on a while, FSG have prioritized paying of debts they themself got the club into because they were in a hurry to raise the value of the club prior to them selling of 10% to Redbird. Just to get a better price.
Just read Liverpool have made 98.7 Million from champions league so far,nice little EARNER,for directors and shareholders,because it ain't going on new players that's for sure.
Liverpool hit new global viewing figures across the globe. Independent data from the US company Nielsen Media Research argues that Liverpool reached 133.8 million television viewers -- more than any other team in the league -- during their first nine PL matches from August to October 2024. It peaked with the list in the Middle East, North Africa, Central and South America and Europe.
@@AnfieldAgenda You said at the start of the video that the numbers were for the 23-24 season so actually the entire year would include salaries for Klopp and others who were with the club.
It's says 23/24 in the report. But I guess feeling comes from the fact, 6 first team players left( Bobby, hendo, milli, fabinho, keita and Ox) but only signed for 4 (dom,macca, endo and ryan).
Craig why are you making out there has been no contract deals in that time thats bumped up the wages? Also failing to mention that we signed basically a whole new midfield in this time frame, transfer fees and their wages not count no? Notice you want to point out the outgoing high earners but fail to mention that we added Maca 150k , Gravenberch 150k a week, Szoboszlai 120k a week not to mention the players you mentioned like Mane, Bobby etc what about who's replaced them like Gakpo 120k a week, Nunez 140k a week. Salah also signed his extension and his massive wage increase? You not want to even mention that players when qualifying for champions league will get more wages per season in bonuses for this?
Possibly some players as part of their contract negotiations get a percentage increase per season and maybe bonuses based upon performance ie CL qualification???? or maybe FSG are bleeding profits to use elsewhere??? 🤔
exactly, the base contract figure is not the same as what theyre actually paid !!! mo has contract for 350k his adgent confirmed he earns aprox 1m a week in reality.......
Said it before and saying it again. Liverpool is being used as the cash cow for Boston Red Sox. We need Liverpool to be sold to owners who don’t want to see it as an investment for the future and not as a ”company” to make a quick buck.
Exactly this is sports and not Forbes-list/Wallstreet business thing. I despise Florentino Perez cause he is the one that started this circus. But one thing he knows is to invest in players, cause players wins trophies and trophies give more money to everyone, cause of prizemoney , sponsordeals and ticket and TV revenue plus some more. But FSG does not know how sports works. That trophies gives even more money, in the end large chunk of money comes from fans. No trophies , lesser fans , and lesser money.
We literally have excellent backups for every position, Ali/Kelleher, Robbo/Tsimikas, Trent/Bradley, Virgil/Gomez, Konate/Quansah, Gravenberch/Endo, Macca/Jones, Szobo/Elliot, Diaz/Gakpo, Jota/Darwin, Salah/Chiesa. Not including the good academy lads, Danns, Morton, Ngumoha, Nyoni, Bajcetic to return, Doak etc. What players do you want us to sign? We are top of the Prem and the Champions League. We will be fine until the end of the season. The extra wages are for Salah's goal and assist bonuses, lol.
It makes perfect sense. Hughes, Edwards and FSG are taking more salary🤣🤣Football is corrupt to the core so I just enjoy it without worrying about the money side of things anymore. I feel eventually the whole EPL is gonna collapse.
They also had champions league bonuses added since we returned to that competition, also there were new deals for Alisson, Kostas Tsimikas, Adrian, Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley, Jayden Danns and Ben Doak despite Craig lying about there being no new deals during that period.
From what i remember Mane was less than £100k hence his anger when Salah was bumped to over £200 & Sadio was less than Ox who hardly kicked a ball all year round…
This is a joke a team that is expected to challenge for titles and cups and they won’t invest in the team and the players we do have that are being offered new contracts they seem to be offering insulting offers. I just don’t get it what fsg are trying to do
Craig, I think all the fans want is an owner who is ALL IN on PL Football, and no other interests except their business that allowed them the spending power to buy a club.
Personally I'd like to know where has the money gone. Has it been invested elsewhere or stuck in a Swiss Bank Account? Only joking, but it's concerning. I think we should all start singing the old 1970's song to the tune of Where's your Momma gone. Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep. It goes like this. Where's the money gone, Where's the money gone. All the money gone, all the money gone. Where's the money gone, all the money gone. Far, far away. Far, far away. I woke up this morning and the money was gone oh ee FSG are Cheap, Cheap. Lots of players sold but the money has gone oh ee FSG are Cheap Cheap, FSG are Cheap Cheap Yeah. (Allegedly, ha ha). Everybody now. Where's the money gone and so it goes etc. Great show as always Craig. YNWA COYR. 😊😊😊
I'm wondering if it's because the club uses a different financial calendar. A lot of companies start their financial year at different times. Could be a reason if certain salaries weren't off the books yet when we think they would be.
It's staggering. Really it is. At this point LFC should be self financing major signings. Never mind FSG dipping into their own pockets, which they should be, but we should be able to go out and buy from the top table of players. I've had it with these owners, in the past I've been ok with them as they have kept us stable and have redeveloped Anfield. But enough is enough. If we find out they have taken our revenue and spent it on the US interests, or worse, pocketed the lot, then there should be hell to pay.
This year has confirmed two things I’ve been thinking for years - 1. Pep is FAR from the best manager in the world and 2. Liverpool is NOT the well run club that is claimed. FSG is either just taking all the money for themselves or are incredibly inept. Either way, to hell with them
For any of you thinking FSG are honestly taking money out of the club through wages please come back to reality. IF they took money through wages you would have to pay personal income tax of about 65%. It makes literally 0 sense for them to take money out that way when they could do it through holding companies and avoid tax. The wages are likely increased partly to due to inflation and also Deloitte is not 100% fact. Ernst and Young signed off Liverpool accounts. Deloitte do not have access to the information that EY have and the author of the article certainly doesnt have access to it either. FGS take nothing from the club Total compensation of key management personnel across the Group (including the directors) in the year amounted to £9.7 million 2023 (2022: £12.3 million). There are circa 7 directors.
FSG knows business , and not sports. They tend to not understand they are owning a sports team. Not a Wallstreet Mega company that is only driven by money and not players and fans and in the big picture , trophies. I do not like Florentino Perez. He is the reason football is what it is, with rich people playing real life Premier Manager. But he knows that better team and more trophies equals more income. WIN WIN for him, players and fans. They buy players, have large wages and yet they are top earners in football , cause they win things and gets more sponsor money, prizemoney, ticket and tv revenue, and more fans wich equals more money. FSG should look at what he does. Cause they only know money, they do not know sports.
🤔 we need to find out the player wages from gross wages and then subtract the total - could the club be paying down the stadium expansion in these totals ??
The fans should organise a a peaceful protest outside Anfield on a match day, flags scars and banners. Boycott the food match day programs at anfield, that would affwct fsg
Add the owners themselves are getting paid by the club as well. Did no one consider that John Henry and Tom Werner might be getting a high salary and bonuses from Liverpool's success??
Could it not just be the bill of the construction workers/contractors that have been doing the redevelopment work? If you were to look at the number of actual employees and compare it to arsenal for example, Liverpool are employing roughly 300 more staff. I can't think of any other reason for such a large difference in employee count
Before everyone starts crying fsg out. You need to remember what they have done for us. Going into Administration to the best team in Europe and rebuilding the stadium. Yes I would love more signings and the contract situation sorted but fsg have done a lot for us and got most decisions right.
Most of us are lost ourselves in FSG'S PR (Public relations)!!! I know and I agree that FSG did right decision that signing Arne Slot as our coach, however does it mean we don't need to sign any players? Does it mean winning Premier league Title is enough? Does it mean we don't deserve to win Quadruple with the help of new signings like Kerkez and Defenders like Murillo? FSG has already got a lot of profits. They announced that they had 700 million revenue for 2024! Where were those money? Inside their pockets? They are like sucking blood from our club!! FSG out!! Sign Kerkez!!! Complete contracts!!!
Tell me one thing fans yell like this at the owner and I’ve known this for many seasons now what effect is this vid doing bro how are we supposed to make them hear it except the banners at the live matches
Craig why don’t you put together a pole of dissatisfaction with the owners from your subscribers and send it to Anfield hierarchy. We can moan all we want on this channel but nothing is being done. Why not use 295,670 fans to let them know directly?
There appears to be looking at face value there would appear to be questions to be answered. Can we have someone to validate if the wage bill is Liverpool or FSG!!!
I don’t like the fact FSG ain’t making transfers, contracts for key players not being signed, and then trying to get us in the super league… but!! They saved us in 2010, got us up the ranks to where we belong, new training facilities, and upgrading our stadium, picked out a genius of a coach so we have to be grateful for some things. 😂
Klopp must of know something, he's nobody's fool. The tires don't have much tread left I'm afraid. The man I feel for right now is Arne Slot who's been amazing!
I actually don't think that Edwards and Huges are working for Lfc. They are just being paid by LFC. And I suspect there are many other employees as well who are getting paid by the football club, but are actually doing work for the other art of FSG.
Need to see a copy of the P60 which is submitted to the Inland Revenue and lists all the employees and the amount paid I bet John Henry and Werner are listed that's how they are taking lots of money out of the club if a director can get a copy that would be great 👍
When you think what LFC has achieved despite the owners, just a little bit of real investment here and there and we could have smashed City and Real out of the park over the last 6-8 years.
So Simple.. that increase in wage bill is For Michael Edwards and Richard Huges and their bonus for not signing any players 😅
Ya mean Richard 😅
time to protest before this already worrying situation gets even worse!
This is such a remedial assessment of the financial situation at the club, by people who do not have any knowledge of analyzing financial statements and can't even do their own taxes. You lot do know that there are financial statements on Liverpool website but let me dumb it down for you so you will stop with all this nonsense...
*_Do you remember when you were kid, and you saw your dad at the kitchen table, counting money, and writing on a notepad, and you asked him for a $1 so you could run to the store and buy some candy? He told you no, he didn't have it, and you didn't understand why. Then you got older and started having bills and other responsibilites... at that point you understand why your dad told you no when he had a wad of cash in his hands._*
Same as with Liverpool, just because they sold Hendo, Fab, Firmino, and bought Gravernberch, Szobo, Macca, Endo, Chiesa, etc... you do not even know how they paid and sold those players, e.g.... was it armotized over a certain period of time... Craig just running his mouth, about where is the money, without even looking at the basic wage bill for one, you know you can look that up at capology, or other similar sites. Time to protest? For what? You lot just love to show your ignorance, don't you? Business owners don't act and speak like you do, we understand that some days are more profitable than others, and there are always unforeseen circumstances that will eat up your profits, and sometimes put you in the red.
Liverpool increased stadium capacity, (again, back to the analogy of the dad with a wad of cash above), signed a more lucrative kit deal, and with winning both the EPL and UCL titles, that's more revenue coming into the club, and at that point, the club will invest more into player acquisitions that the manager, Slot, and the sporting director team, feel will keep us winning trophies, and hard to beat).... until then you lot need to stop showing just how ignorant you are... -time to protest- ... pfffffffff!
@@superphil6115 r u American by any chance
@superphil6115 spot on mate. Craig and anyone else thinking that a few number (which they clearly don't understand) tell the whole financial story. Running my own business gives me some idea but mainly I know not to judge anything by the numbers Craig quoted as that's a tiny piece of a 10,000 piece puzzle
Don't buy merchandise !!!
Nah, it will be fine
We have also sold / loaned out 44 players in the past year.
They are clearly taking money for themselves, whether for their own financial benefit, or siphoning it off to their other franchises in their ever growing portfolio.
But the whole thing stinks. Don’t trust them one bit.
Epic swindle here Craig.
Look at the accounts... you are talking sh1te son.
I agree, this stinks. We lost about 10 players and brought in 4 players. Disgusting. I'm so tired of FSGs lies and excuses. It's clear our Teams success isn't a high priority for them. Supporters need to become visible with our protests
It's terrible to be top of the league, Champions league. Have Brentford manager call you best team in the world, have Irish press say you have the best squad depth in Europe. To have your subs bench being able to be 1st teamers on 15/20 Prem sides. To expand the stadium, build a new training center with a new Acadamy area. To hire two fantastic managers. Yeah FSG are terrible I'm so sick of it.
I agree
@@allanm3247All these people want is to brag about signings. It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
FSG does the same thing with the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins. They are rat-holing money to buy the Boston Celtics in 2028. Around $6 billion. The NBA is losing fan appeal, while PL is gaining. Go figure.
@@billfrohberg3206 The RedSox had a curse didn't win since the traded Babe Ruth 100 years ago. Under FSG they broke the curse and have won several titles. Are there things to complain about absolute as with Liverpool, but the Red Sox are better off after FSG bought them as are the Reds. The point I make is people take for granted all that is good and complain about what they don't like.
Liverpool’s owners are very cheap, Liverpool could have won 3 more PLs if they had have decent owners
Spot on..... That's the same thing i said, but they called me clueless and a plastic fan😏😏😏
Winning leagues don’t make them much more money than hanging around top 4
Or maybe none
Have you ever been to ANFIELD if not let me a sure you that the money has been well spent
@@andycurrey525 It was a loan that LFC is still paying back to FSG.They haven't spent a cent of their own money on Anfield.
City have now spent £126.1m what the fudge, and we have nothing. Makes absolutely no sense
Right now in my opinion we don't need any signing until the summer
Lb midfield and cb is must@deandresmall8482
Did you miss the part where Man City are cheating oil barons? Start thinking with your head and not your arse.
@@deandresmall8482 we're 1 or 2 injuries away from a crisis, but okay lol
@coen8677 we have 6 to 7 forward
6 midfielder
4 defender the only place we would need a player is in the defense because Joe is injured right now
This is ridiculous how is no LFC fan channel is calling out our owners except Anfieldagenda we're being laugh at
There all puppets mate😏😏😏
Because not everyone is anti owners.
As a lfc fan I'm happy with fsg.. They took us from also ran to title contenders every year.. I'm happy with that.. Plus we not on ffp radar
because we are top of the league and CL. If we were 7th in the table their would be riots
@@Slurped836 Only people who let ideology and political indoctrination cloud facts
F.s.g. is fiddling the club
I have an accounting degree. I can tell you that clubs can play tricks with the figures to make it look like there's a loss, but it's only an accounting or tax loss, due to depreciation (for example, the cost of building the new stand last year) or other expenses. Proof - is there a shortage of wealthy types who line up to buy a team when one is announced for sale? NO! Look, you know what FSG paid for the team and you've spoken about what it's worth today. Does today's valuation make sense if FSG were actually losing money? Of course not. That's because they're not running at a loss. As said earlier, it's a tax loss, not an actual loss. If they were suffering actual losses, THEY'D HAVE SOLD THE TEAM!
The Red Sox and others in the FSG Portfollio, that is where our money is going. FSG OUT!!!!!!!
They are going to spend $6b to buy the Boston Celtics
Lfc is fsg piggy for money
@@mikeall9374 they can sell Liverpool for 6 billion and buy the Boston Celtics.
Elon musk hopefully buys Liverpool
Red Sox doesn't have money either.
The money is to buy Boston Celtic, simple guysss
You nailed it were a cash cow for other projects last summers window set off alarm bells
I agree the owner Henry is probably paid $100 mill to buy NBA team. He does this to hide the fact he takes money out of club so he doesn't look bad like glazers who don't hide the fact they draw money out of man u
They are buying the Las Vegas new NBA franchise
Yes and they bought Roma with our money before that.
Becuase Liverpool has one of the highest administrative costs in the league. All those newly hired top guns like Hughes etc cost a lot of money. All the people crunching numbers for all those transfers that fail to materialize also cost a lot of money.
The money $6b has gone to buy a nba basketball team.
So FSG have made very bad investments with Liverpool money lately...
@@coen8677 it’s been going on a while, FSG have prioritized paying of debts they themself got the club into because they were in a hurry to raise the value of the club prior to them selling of 10% to Redbird. Just to get a better price.
What has Hughes even done
@badge5575 nothing on his own. He's no Michael Edwards.
Just read Liverpool have made 98.7 Million from champions league so far,nice little EARNER,for directors and shareholders,because it ain't going on new players that's for sure.
And if it isn’t going to the team then it isn’t for the fans
Liverpool hit new global viewing figures across the globe.
Independent data from the US company Nielsen Media Research argues that Liverpool reached 133.8 million television viewers -- more than any other team in the league -- during their first nine PL matches from August to October 2024.
It peaked with the list in the Middle East, North Africa, Central and South America and Europe.
I believe they calculate the wage bill for April 23-March 24 so the Thiago/Matip/Klopp money is still counted
Half of the year is counted for those lads
@@AnfieldAgenda You said at the start of the video that the numbers were for the 23-24 season so actually the entire year would include salaries for Klopp and others who were with the club.
It's says 23/24 in the report. But I guess feeling comes from the fact, 6 first team players left( Bobby, hendo, milli, fabinho, keita and Ox) but only signed for 4 (dom,macca, endo and ryan).
There's any number of sensible explanations as there were significant departures, and just probably there were "terms".
What I heard that the Red Sox fans in the US complaining about the exact same thing, so probably they are struggling .
We need new owners
Craig why are you making out there has been no contract deals in that time thats bumped up the wages? Also failing to mention that we signed basically a whole new midfield in this time frame, transfer fees and their wages not count no?
Notice you want to point out the outgoing high earners but fail to mention that we added Maca 150k , Gravenberch 150k a week, Szoboszlai 120k a week not to mention the players you mentioned like Mane, Bobby etc what about who's replaced them like Gakpo 120k a week, Nunez 140k a week.
Salah also signed his extension and his massive wage increase?
You not want to even mention that players when qualifying for champions league will get more wages per season in bonuses for this?
Maybe they take an account of salah vvd and Trent’s new contract with the wages 😂😂😂😂😂
FSG not spending nothing
FSG OUT
Fans like u FSG don't like ..keep on doing the good wrk creg
Possibly some players as part of their contract negotiations get a percentage increase per season and maybe bonuses based upon performance ie CL qualification????
or maybe
FSG are bleeding profits to use elsewhere??? 🤔
exactly, the base contract figure is not the same as what theyre actually paid !!! mo has contract for 350k his adgent confirmed he earns aprox 1m a week in reality.......
@@jamesw2546 Yes, he earns £1m per week but that's not from LFC, that's all his commercial endorsements.
Top of league, top of champs league, let the football do the talking
We need richer owners
No we just need better owners FSG are clowns FSG OUT
Our owners are very rich, the issue is that they are also extremely tight fisted and won't spend a penny more than the bare minimum.
BANG ON once again ..well said ,,we may not all feel this way,but you are the only one, who does talk for us fans YNWA
Said it before and saying it again. Liverpool is being used as the cash cow for Boston Red Sox. We need Liverpool to be sold to owners who don’t want to see it as an investment for the future and not as a ”company” to make a quick buck.
Exactly this is sports and not Forbes-list/Wallstreet business thing.
I despise Florentino Perez cause he is the one that started this circus. But one thing he knows is to invest in players, cause players wins trophies and trophies give more money to everyone, cause of prizemoney , sponsordeals and ticket and TV revenue plus some more.
But FSG does not know how sports works. That trophies gives even more money, in the end large chunk of money comes from fans. No trophies , lesser fans , and lesser money.
Good luck with that!
We literally have excellent backups for every position, Ali/Kelleher, Robbo/Tsimikas, Trent/Bradley, Virgil/Gomez, Konate/Quansah, Gravenberch/Endo, Macca/Jones, Szobo/Elliot, Diaz/Gakpo, Jota/Darwin, Salah/Chiesa. Not including the good academy lads, Danns, Morton, Ngumoha, Nyoni, Bajcetic to return, Doak etc.
What players do you want us to sign? We are top of the Prem and the Champions League. We will be fine until the end of the season.
The extra wages are for Salah's goal and assist bonuses, lol.
trust me "Bellinghams coming to Liverpool" people actually still watch you after you are wrong time and time again...
It makes perfect sense. Hughes, Edwards and FSG are taking more salary🤣🤣Football is corrupt to the core so I just enjoy it without worrying about the money side of things anymore. I feel eventually the whole EPL is gonna collapse.
Love to see a comparison between Liverpool and other clubs and earnings even bonuses that go to people small teams and bigger teams.
We’re getting Purple Aki on loan to fill in at CB.
No forward in the world will dare try to get past him and leave their cheeks exposed.
Imagine how many fsh earning from lfc , tv rights , ucl , tickets and shops and sponsors , adidas just 80 mil e per year , realy wheres the money gone
Hmmm this really doesnt add up at all. Somethings rotten we should be demanding answers from the club.
What about going to local media with the poll?
Interesting..
its like people ignore the fact that PSR is calculated over a rolling period of 3 years !!!
What’s your point? We have no PSR concerns and that’s been pointed out by multiple football finance experts
Found the FSG fanboy. I would suggest West Ham or Spurs for you lol
Hmmmmm, strange to say the leaat...
It's possible that some of the players had a yearly annual increase or an increase based on performance.
They also had champions league bonuses added since we returned to that competition, also there were new deals for Alisson, Kostas Tsimikas, Adrian, Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley, Jayden Danns and Ben Doak despite Craig lying about there being no new deals during that period.
Not of that much when we lost so many players.
@@adamchisum2150 , the club has over 3k employees. The numbers add up. I am not sure what's weird except that the owners refuse to buy players.
From what i remember Mane was less than £100k hence his anger when Salah was bumped to over £200 & Sadio was less than Ox who hardly kicked a ball all year round…
For future shows about finances, it would be great if you could show some graphics on screen, so we can see the context as the conversation goes on.
i hope fsg go bankrupt some day atleast that time they will sell club
you better start buying all the players out of all your fake news reporters
The sooner FSG sell up the better.
This is a joke a team that is expected to challenge for titles and cups and they won’t invest in the team and the players we do have that are being offered new contracts they seem to be offering insulting offers. I just don’t get it what fsg are trying to do
Hi Craig the moneys gone straight into the purchase fund for the Boston Celtics
This chap is one of those forensic accountants
FSG out
Craig, I think all the fans want is an owner who is ALL IN on PL Football, and no other interests except their business that allowed them the spending power to buy a club.
I'm very interested to find out how our wage bill is so high given the amount of players that have left the club in the last twelve months.
We need to hound these owners out of your club
Personally I'd like to know where has the money gone. Has it been invested elsewhere or stuck in a Swiss Bank Account? Only joking, but it's concerning.
I think we should all start singing the old 1970's song to the tune of Where's your Momma gone. Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep.
It goes like this.
Where's the money gone, Where's the money gone. All the money gone, all the money gone. Where's the money gone, all the money gone. Far, far away. Far, far away.
I woke up this morning and the money was gone oh ee FSG are Cheap, Cheap.
Lots of players sold but the money has gone oh ee FSG are Cheap Cheap, FSG are Cheap Cheap Yeah. (Allegedly, ha ha).
Everybody now. Where's the money gone and so it goes etc.
Great show as always Craig. YNWA COYR. 😊😊😊
Or ABBA. "Money money money , it's a rich mans world"
I'm wondering if it's because the club uses a different financial calendar. A lot of companies start their financial year at different times. Could be a reason if certain salaries weren't off the books yet when we think they would be.
Thanks for the content
We probably paid out a lot of contracts for leaving back room staff - then we had to hire Edward, Hughes, and a new back room staff
Creative accounting.
There's a reason we go for young players, far cheaper than retaining experienced players.
I’d love to hear from the club about this.
Do you think FSG transferred money into other parts of FSG Businesses?
One thing many already forgot. FSG bought AFC Roma with LFC money.
Fsg need to go it's gets annoying now seeing city sign marmoursh and 2 other players this season
Liverpool winning the league and going far in the cl will bring around 850 in revenue but signing Salah, Vvd and Trent on new deals could fk Liverpool
How
@badge5575 What do you mean?
trying to replace them will cost a lot more, new contracts the cheaper option
@blighty7788 It depends on who you sign
Spot on Craig
It's staggering. Really it is. At this point LFC should be self financing major signings. Never mind FSG dipping into their own pockets, which they should be, but we should be able to go out and buy from the top table of players. I've had it with these owners, in the past I've been ok with them as they have kept us stable and have redeveloped Anfield. But enough is enough. If we find out they have taken our revenue and spent it on the US interests, or worse, pocketed the lot, then there should be hell to pay.
Tbh I don’t think we are desperate for signings it would be nice for some more squad depth in the midfield and/or Defence though
This year has confirmed two things I’ve been thinking for years - 1. Pep is FAR from the best manager in the world and 2. Liverpool is NOT the well run club that is claimed. FSG is either just taking all the money for themselves or are incredibly inept. Either way, to hell with them
It isn’t bonus for owners it all has to be declared and not just under wages if they did that would be illegal accounting
For any of you thinking FSG are honestly taking money out of the club through wages please come back to reality. IF they took money through wages you would have to pay personal income tax of about 65%. It makes literally 0 sense for them to take money out that way when they could do it through holding companies and avoid tax. The wages are likely increased partly to due to inflation and also Deloitte is not 100% fact. Ernst and Young signed off Liverpool accounts. Deloitte do not have access to the information that EY have and the author of the article certainly doesnt have access to it either.
FGS take nothing from the club Total compensation of key management personnel across the Group (including the directors) in the year amounted to
£9.7 million 2023 (2022: £12.3 million). There are circa 7 directors.
Craig - I believe FSG paid off the remaining 2 years Klopp and his teams contracts !!!
FSG Are probably one of the best owners in English football in a lot of aspects but bottom of the league when it comes to investing in the squad
Klopp made them look good...
FSG knows business , and not sports. They tend to not understand they are owning a sports team. Not a Wallstreet Mega company that is only driven by money and not players and fans and in the big picture , trophies.
I do not like Florentino Perez. He is the reason football is what it is, with rich people playing real life Premier Manager.
But he knows that better team and more trophies equals more income. WIN WIN for him, players and fans.
They buy players, have large wages and yet they are top earners in football , cause they win things and gets more sponsor money, prizemoney, ticket and tv revenue, and more fans wich equals more money. FSG should look at what he does. Cause they only know money, they do not know sports.
Cannot understand why Hughes has not come of and come out and said something about contracts to appease the fans great show craig
🤔 we need to find out the player wages from gross wages and then subtract the total - could the club be paying down the stadium expansion in these totals ??
The fans should organise a a peaceful protest outside Anfield on a match day, flags scars and banners. Boycott the food match day programs at anfield, that would affwct fsg
Add the owners themselves are getting paid by the club as well. Did no one consider that John Henry and Tom Werner might be getting a high salary and bonuses from Liverpool's success??
Edwards and Hughes must be on huge wages!
Edwards and Hughes must have massive wages 🙈 for doing nothing
One explanation ......Either fsg are taking money from LFC to invest elsewhere or the owner puttiing money in theyre own bank accounts
I have never had any problems with our owners until now. They are not doing their effing job.
It’s quite simple, they opened an American Candy store in the club shop. The wages are laundered… I mean spent… on that venture.
Could it not just be the bill of the construction workers/contractors that have been doing the redevelopment work? If you were to look at the number of actual employees and compare it to arsenal for example, Liverpool are employing roughly 300 more staff. I can't think of any other reason for such a large difference in employee count
Before everyone starts crying fsg out. You need to remember what they have done for us. Going into Administration to the best team in Europe and rebuilding the stadium. Yes I would love more signings and the contract situation sorted but fsg have done a lot for us and got most decisions right.
The people crying this in wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds on the old standing Kop.
Most of us are lost ourselves in FSG'S PR (Public relations)!!! I know and I agree that FSG did right decision that signing Arne Slot as our coach, however does it mean we don't need to sign any players? Does it mean winning Premier league Title is enough? Does it mean we don't deserve to win Quadruple with the help of new signings like Kerkez and Defenders like Murillo? FSG has already got a lot of profits. They announced that they had 700 million revenue for 2024! Where were those money? Inside their pockets? They are like sucking blood from our club!! FSG out!! Sign Kerkez!!! Complete contracts!!!
Tell me one thing fans yell like this at the owner and I’ve known this for many seasons now what effect is this vid doing bro how are we supposed to make them hear it except the banners at the live matches
Craig why don’t you put together a pole of dissatisfaction with the owners from your subscribers and send it to Anfield hierarchy. We can moan all we want on this channel but nothing is being done. Why not use 295,670 fans to let them know directly?
Because the club don’t respond to us mate.
There appears to be looking at face value there would appear to be questions to be answered. Can we have someone to validate if the wage bill is Liverpool or FSG!!!
In the beginning FSG were an asset now they have become the club’s biggest liability.
How much is the board getting per month????
I guess there's a severance packet for Klopp in there but that's a one time thing.
I don’t like the fact FSG ain’t making transfers, contracts for key players not being signed, and then trying to get us in the super league… but!!
They saved us in 2010, got us up the ranks to where we belong, new training facilities, and upgrading our stadium, picked out a genius of a coach so we have to be grateful for some things. 😂
No they did not get us up the ranks. Klopp and Benitez did. FSG knows nothing about football or even sports as whole.
The Echo will be on top of this and show the world that FSG is taking money from LFC in stead of investing
Cheap and disgraceful owners .... OUT RIGHT NOW
Klopp must of know something, he's nobody's fool. The tires don't have much tread left I'm afraid. The man I feel for right now is Arne Slot who's been amazing!
I actually don't think that Edwards and Huges are working for Lfc. They are just being paid by LFC. And I suspect there are many other employees as well who are getting paid by the football club, but are actually doing work for the other art of FSG.
These 🐍 🐍 🪔 🪔 salesmen won't spend any 💰 💰 because they want to buy Boston Celtics.
Elon musk would sign anyone
Your videos are always so profound and inspiring! Thank you for your creativity and dedication.🐌😊🙀
Need to see a copy of the P60 which is submitted to the Inland Revenue and lists all the employees and the amount paid I bet John Henry and Werner are listed that's how they are taking lots of money out of the club if a director can get a copy that would be great 👍
The season in question would also not have performance bonus as we failed to qualify for CL
Uhm, yes we did. We didn't play in the Champion's League that season which is why revenues may have been down from the prior year.
When you think what LFC has achieved despite the owners, just a little bit of real investment here and there and we could have smashed City and Real out of the park over the last 6-8 years.
Last I looked the club was considered the best in Europe. Guess being so poorly managed is the magic behind success lol
FSG times run out, invest or sell to someone who sees the bigger picture