They'll bounce back IMO, too big a club not too, and this is from a Leeds fan!
Remember Liverpool have played in the second tier beforehand (mid 60s), like Manchester in the early seventies. Yes they will survive in the top lot, butdon't expect loads of money from the new lot..
There's a massive Liverpool following in my work, one of the biggest worries we have (and it sounds stupid) is that the new buyer is only worth £550M. Man City recently blew £150M due to stupidity and wrote it off to experience! We've still not got the buying power to get us back up there the Man City/Chelsea way (buy it).
I think the 'Red Socks' man has more to offer the club than money.....a team spirit, a sense of belonging and a future! If we don't improve year on year then he is a failure and he certainly isn't that!!
Good times ahead.
Hicks is probably the most reviled owner in sport; under his ownership the Brazilian team Corinthians was relegated, weighed down by the burden of debt placed on the club by the Texan. The Texas Rangers became the first US baseball teram to file for bankrupcy, again under the debts piled on the club by Hicks levergaed purchase.
It is only City and Chelsea who are safe, the rest of us are well in the s##t.
Are they? If Abramovich and Mansour decide they've had enough of their expensive toys, the wage bills at City and Chelsea will cripple them. The new UEFA financial rules due to come into force into a couple of years might see a return to a bit of common sense and level headedness.
But will that happen? Doubtful when Sheikh Mansour earns over 200 million a DAY from the profits on oil etc....so why would he have enough and walk?
People just don't like it that there are others on the up while they are on the way down.....
Since the takeover they're rumoured to be becoming more Americanised which will result in them changing their name. They'll be now known as the Hubcap Steelers.
At Liverpool Airport the statue of John Lennon reads "ABOVE US ONLY SKY". Someone has written next to it "BELOW US ONLY WOLVES AND WEST HAM"
But will that happen? Doubtful when Sheikh Mansour earns over 200 million a DAY from the profits on oil etc....so why would he have enough and walk?
Liverpool will come back and to risk angering the football gods they ARE to good to go down.
Its not impossible though is it? Clearly he'll want to win something first granted.
Explain please. Who are ''people'. ????
Personally I don't have a problem with Sheikh Mansour at City, good luck to him and all the fans of the club - god knows they've waited long enough and always been well supported. But, and yes its a big but, if he leaves and takes his cash with him they are left with one massive wage bill and not enough income.
It's not about the funding of Manchesters buying club or even Chelski the respective owners of each are not going to run out of money. But if they get bored with their toys and decide to play with something else then the clubs are in the dwang big time. But the sooner Man Ure are in the conference the better. Liverpool will come back and to risk angering the football gods they ARE to good to go down. Big question is though can the mighty Accy Stanley get promoted this time?
To quote Robbie Fowler, after the defeat to Everton, "Leeds Utd were relegated with a lot better team than Liverpool". Hopefully LFC swap places with the Mighty Bluebirds. DT_Xtremez_30: