Liverpool have Football vs Money differences


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If I have this right, Philippe Coutinho has packed his bags to leave for Barcelona, understandably, the owners of Liverpool are happy to accept the money being offered by the Spanish club but Jurgen Klopp is refusing to sanction the move.

Money vs Football.

This is the cry from fans across the country and certainly the same here at Tottenham. The difference is how much money a club already has, Liverpool have sufficient turnover not to have to sell Coutinho and to invest in the team. The club at the last audited accounts had a wages bill over double our own.

At Spurs it was £100m at Liverpool £208m.

Liverpool turnover (end of June 2016) - £302m (5th highest in the league)
Tottenham Hotspur -  £210m (6th highest in the league)

The merseyside club have £92m more income and pay 69% of their turnover in wages, while Spurs pay the UEFA guidline figure of 48%, but then we do also have the expense of a new stadium.

Are the Liverpool owners, The Renway Sports Group, co-owned by John William Henry II, looking to adjust that percentage figure? An extra £90 million coming in would certainly make a difference, even if you did spend say £40 million on a replacement player.

In an ideal world football would always be the winner, but we don't live in that world. The reality is the business has to be successful to invest in the team and these issues are going to continue to arise.


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