19 Apr 2024 11:07:56
With the likes of matip, Tiago, and maybe Salah and a few more must be saving some on wages there. I'm looking forward to what happens in the summer. New manager different approach ynwa.

1.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 11:58:54
Lets not forget Klopps wage (est 15 mill a year) will also be off the books.

With all of those wages saved I'm glad to see that next seasons ticket prices have gone up and I'm like a kid at Christmas waiting to see what next seasons inflated kit prices will be in the store.

And before FSG's fan club come to their rescue this is tongue in cheek aimed at all Football clubs not just ours.

I'd imagine they would pipe up if FSG announced they were investing in measures against streaming football games.

2.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 12:22:02
I'm glad Michael Edwards is back because, bar a couple of exceptions, it feels like the standard of player we have been bringing in isn't what it was 2016-21. In addition, it feels like Klopp isn't really enhancing individuals' games anymore which is what he was known for. Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo, Szoboszlai, Elliott, Gravenberch haven't taken off like we would have hoped. I used to say that Klopp could turn water into wine. I think it is a combination of both recruitment and Klopp losing their touch a bit.

433 also feels incredibly stale now. The midfield isn't working as hard as it used to and the full-backs aren't providing the same width and overlapping runs. You also need quick, explosive wingers who are a goal-threat for it to work well. I don't think we have those players anymore and I don't think there are many wingers like that on the market. The era of Messi, Ronaldo, Salah, Mane, Robben, Ribery, Neymar, Bale, Hazard, Reus, Sanchez, Son and others seems to be at an end for whatever reason. In fact, the calibre of footballer seems to be generally down. I feel a switch to 4222 or 4231 where we play with attacking midfielders could be beneficial to some of our players like Szoboszlai, Elliott, even Clark and Carvalho. There's also some potentially decent options on the market over the next couple of years like Wirtz and Kubo.

3.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 12:58:15
@Jk
And I have seen the same fans selling their tickets for £200 to a tourist. Inflation is at what, 8% globally and so does everything goes up mate. the world is about to end soon lol.

4.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 12:50:18
Some big decisions for the club and players to make over the summer.

Salah future needs resolving.
Virgil and Trent contracts need renewing.
Matip needs replacing.
Kelleher and Tsimikas likely to move on and need replalcing.
Salah would need replacing if he does go.
Diaz rumours not going away. Would need replacing if he does go.
We still need a defensive midfielder.

That's potentially 6 changes in senior playing staff.

And then it will be interesting to see what the new technical staff will think of Endo, Gravenberch and Gakpo.

5.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 13:14:59
YorksRed - I agree up to a point but I'm cautious of throwing the baby out with the bath water. If it's all change this summer and a new manager who wants to go and sign half a dozen new first team players, my concern would be that it would take us back before we go forward again.

With a team that has come close (and could still win) the league this season and with a number of players who we might feel frustrated with right now but who we were thrilled about earlier in the season, plus many of them being young still, I don't know that we need more than a couple of new first team players.

For me, one of the requirements of the new manager will be to get the best out of Szoboszlai and Gakpo, to get Nunez performing consistently, to continue the development of Quansah, Bradley, Clark and Danns, to have a plan to reintroduce Bajcetic, a plan for how to best use Trent and a succession plan for Salah.

6.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 13:26:54
If we get a new manager will we be paying him magic beans?

I imagine that the staff / player salary will be more than this season - it seems an economic inevitability.

7.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 13:41:53
Wdw I’ll put £20 on it it’s not.

8.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 14:03:52
Babbitt, I agree with this comment from your more than any comment I've read on here this week, a major factor in our faltering season for me
"Klopp isn't really enhancing individuals' games anymore which is what he was known for. Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo, Szoboszlai, Elliott, Gravenberch haven't taken off like we would have hoped". You could argue all have regressed this season or since they came in, that's the biggest worry.

9.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 14:20:17
@JK, I knew you'd be all over a 'wages' post, brilliant ????.

10.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 14:36:52
McGoveb I don’t know why any fan of any football club would be for, rising ticket costs.

You only have to look at tickets in other countries (Germany prime example) to see you don’t have to price fans out of watching games lives.

But I suppose for the supporters it doesn’t effect then Why should they care.

11.) 19 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024 18:27:37
We could bring in a lot of money from sales too. Kelleher will probably move on to be first choice we can replace him with Jaros or one of the Eds mentioned Patterson from Sunderland.
Tsimikas I think may move on. Robertson Gomez and Beck all able to play LB Gakpo Gravenberch Diaz Nunez we’d surely listen to offers for then some youngsters like Carvalho and Morton would bring in good money too. I think we should be extending Salah Alisson Trent and VVD. Bringing in a CB midfielder and two forwards to all go in the starting 11.

12.) 20 Apr 2024
20 Apr 2024 00:01:17
@JK23. We’ll get rid of a big earner in Thiago and a medium wage earner in Matip and possibly a high earner in Salah.

Given any new manager will want his squad so say two or three big names on reasonable length contracts sort of cancels out the two or three ‘bigger earners’ mentioned above and any new contracts will almost inevitably cost more.

Not sure what JK earns but our next manager is going to want a fair amount too. Also, I suspect some of the youngsters will be pushing for ‘better’ contracts now that they have had ‘breakthrough’ season.

I’d say that we are a reasonable chance to have a higher wage bill.

13.) 20 Apr 2024
20 Apr 2024 07:07:41
Wdw you might be right mate but personally I can’t see us signing players and putting them onto Thiago and Salah kind wages or even the manager on Klopp ones.

When I said £20 wager. I wanted to add as in a friendly bet to a charity of our choosing.

Klopp is the 3rd highest paid manager in the world with online reports saying 15-16 mill and Amorim reported as 2.15 mill a year.

If true even if the club doubled Amorims wages that’s still a huge saving.

Yes it might not be Amorim but that’s the manager we are being linked to and are not currently being linked with any of the managers in the top 10 earners.

We still have players like Kelleher, Jones and Elliot on their original low contracts so I can’t imagine any of the breakthrough players this season holding FSG to the fire to have theirs improved.

Anyways my main point in the original post was to sarcastically point out that it’s going to cost match day going fans more next season despite record profit, sponsorship and attendances etc.

For people who stream the game for free then it doesn’t matter ever who we sign or what wages we pay because free stays free.

Anyways if you would like to have a friendly bet over it let me know your charity of choice and I can ask Ed next time I’m on live chat how we can sort a payment.

14.) 20 Apr 2024
20 Apr 2024 10:40:59
I think that the Thiago wage was too much when agreed but that was a few years ago and has been by-passed (for top level players at least) in the intervening years.

I’m not saying I’m happy with the wage bill getting ever bigger or that I even think we should be paying what we will undoubtedly have to pay. But the increase in wages for players and fees for the parasite agents is inevitable if we want to stay in the elite group in world football.

15.) 20 Apr 2024
20 Apr 2024 12:39:39
Wdw I wasn’t intending to say that you were implying you were happy with the wages.

Was a to and fro of different opinions. I only asked if you fancied £20 as im confident and skint and if I list I’d just change my user name like the SF Redmeister that used to troll these pages.

But in all seriousness we’ll say let’s stick a pint on it.

I have no issues with player wages as they have zero effect on us fans.

If I pay £60 for my ticket next season with this current squad then it’s £59.

If the club decides to sell 3 of our best players and replace with lesser players then I’m still paying £60 a ticket. Although wages are blamed on wages they actually have no relevance.

If we could afford (guesstimate) 2.7 mill in wages a week with 47 thousand fans jn the crowd then surely now with 61 thousand in there that should bring in extra revenue for the same wage bill paid prior.