Liverpool has crashed out of the Champs League as was widely expected and there are some serious financial implications for an already beleaguered club. It leaves a huge dent on Liverpool's yearly earnings which are far more dependent on UEFA's contributions than other top clubs in England - Chelsea, ManU and Arsenal. Reason is simple, they lose out on the chunk that UEFA shares with the teams from its television rights and that money is significantly higher for knockout stages. The financial hit from failing to qualify for the knockout stage is substantial, although not as calamitous as it would be if they fail to qualify for next year’s Champions League. To put things in perspective, Liverpool are expected to suffer a shortfall of 2.4 million as a consequence of group exit. The figure would be much higher if fail to qualify for the next season.
One thing is clear, Liverpool needs to get its act together swiftly towards resurrecting their premiership season failing which they might have to put a lot of top players up for sale. I just hope they can somehow make a strong statement in the remaining EPL season and resist selling Torres because that would be a complete disaster.
Listen to what Rafa had to say after the exit. His job appears to be quite safe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8377734.stm
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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It's not that they have played badly. They have lacked finishing this season. Also, all the injury problems haven't helped their cause either. In this form, they are definitely a 2-men team. Rafa has been ordinary all-season. Can't understand why Ryan Babel doesn't feature in the starting 11? I wish they can get David Villa on board in the January transfer window.
ReplyDeleteThey are strapped for cash mate. They might be in the market for selling instead of buying like most clubs this season.
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