I don't know Walton but there are few solutions
1. (Supporter ownership) This gets bandied around quite a bit, I really don't know how it works to be honest...how do the fan owned clubs pay for competing with the likes of Abramovich and the Sheik? Do they raise ticket prices on themselves..do they put in they're own money? or do they borrow from the banks? I honestly don't know how they work; and would it work in a league where it does not exist at any other club?
They elect a Chairman and a committee. The truth is that the only real short term difference would be the ambition of the owners. We would still have to work within the same limitations as FSG choose to do, but with much more interest in the day to day running of the club and with the aim of success on the field being a priority. Certainly 99% of big businesses are owned in a similar fashion, only they are called shareholders not supporters.
2. (Change of Owner) This also get's talked about a lot but what kind of owner? Seems like we need an owner that will put in his own money and can compete with Abromovich...so what we are talking is a someone similar to him and the Sheik in wealth. The question I have here as people ask for this person to step forward nobody seems too...where are they?...where is this Bill Gate/Sultan of Brunei character and why does he not swoop in and make FSG and offer they can't refuse?
Sadly the people who buy football clubs look at the infrastructure rather than at the history of a club. Abromovich was one game away from not buying Chelsea. If Chelsea had lost (ironically to Liverpool) they would not have been in the CL and Abromovich has stated he would not have bought them.
Citeh got their Sheikh because they got an amazing deal on a new stadium and unlike Maine Road it had plenty room for expansion and development.
This is one of the reasons I wanted Liverpool to build a new stadium rather than expand the old one. We could have offered space and room for further development to any prospective buyer rather than "what you see is what you get."
Big money owners aren't worried about the team, that is easily fixed if you are willing to spend, but hassle is something they can afford to avoid and will just look elsewhere.
As I said Walton there are better and there are worse...until that Sultan comes walking through the front door of Anfield it might be the case of better the devil you know.
The truth is we are no better off under FSG than we were under Moores. Moores ran the club as a corner shop, FSG run it as a franchise, but the focus has changed from success on the field generating income, to Commercial success generating income with success taking a back seat.
We are not looking for another devil we are looking for a guardian Angel with deep pockets and a burning ambition for success.
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