Levy out?

[Blanchflower]

Wrong, he didn't turn him down.

"Despite all that has happened in his career since, one of the biggest regrets of my life in management is not taking Luis Suarez to Tottenham when we had the chance.

"'You've got to take him, Harry,' Ruud Gullit told me. 'He's fantastic’.” Just when I was on the verge of taking the plunge, the price went up.

"In the end he was sold for £22.8million to Liverpool. We wouldn't have paid that."

He didn't sign him because ENIC and Levy wouldn't have paid the price to get him.

Harry Redknapp....a man who definitely never embelleshes a story

 

[skywalker68]

Harry Redknapp....a man who definitely never embelleshes a story

Quite possibly, but nevertheless this is classic levy at it's best All too believable.

 

[Bill Madrid]

Wow another 40 years of huge ticket prices, tight fistedness and mediocrity, I can't wait where do I sign up, can I cancel the trophy polisher as I can put him on very long term leave.

Still, just think of the balance sheets, those lovely double entry balance sheets.

Mmmm, balance sheets. The thought of them makes me warm and fuzzy

 

[The Mercurial No.10]

Harry Redknapp....a man who definitely never embelleshes a story

In 2010/2011 Liverpool spent £23.85m on Suarez.

We spent £23.94m (and not even all of it because of the installments for VDV apparently) on Van der Vaart (last minute fluke btw), Sandro, Pienaar, Khumalo and Pletikosa over the whole season.

Sounds believable tbh.

(Liverpool spent £87.95m that window)

 

[skywalker68]

Still, just think of the balance sheets, those lovely double entry balance sheets.

Mmmm, balance sheets. The thought of them makes me warm and fuzzy

They will be extra healthy by then, no success on the pitch but loads of coin banked which is the real success here.

 

[Bill Madrid]

They will be extra healthy by then, no success on the pitch but loads of coin banked which is the real success here.

Which reminds me, where is Massage Parlour Boy, he of the nonce avatar and the "it's different here" justification?

 

[skywalker68]

Which reminds me, where is Massage Parlour Boy, he of the nonce avatar and the "it's different here" justification?

I'm not sure he will appear soon though.

 

[John Thomas]

Which reminds me, where is Massage Parlour Boy, he of the nonce avatar and the "it's different here" justification?

When this poll first started he was convinced the dozen or so who'd voted yes must all be trolls from other clubs.



He's in for a shock if he comes back.

 

[Bill Madrid]

In 2010/2011 Liverpool spent £23.85m on Suarez.

We spent £23.94m (and not even all of it because of the installments for VDV apparently) on Van der Vaart (last minute fluke btw), Sandro, Pienaar, Khumalo and Pletikosa over the whole season.

Sounds believable tbh.

(Liverpool spent £87.95m that window)

When Levy dreams and hears the phrase "Speculate to accumulate"...

 

[Incomplete_usernam]

Harry Redknapp....a man who definitely never embelleshes a story

 

[ArcspacE]

Make a new poll

 

[Chelmsfordspurs]

Yes

 

[Spaniel]

Great post.

The stadium revamp was heralded as an asset that would help us secure regular champions league football and allow us to compete at top in domestic competitions.

Poch was already achieving that even before our secondment to Wembley and yet we have a transfer policy of still hunting in the bargain basement. It's no wonder we have fallen away.

I've never understood how having a great stadium was supposed to help us secure top 4. It's players, not stadiums that win and lose games.

 

[Dr Rocktopus]

I've never understood how having a great stadium was supposed to help us secure top 4. It's players, not stadiums that win and lose games.

It will make the club considerably more money, which can be used to pay higher wages and buy better players.

 

[Spaniel]

That's fair enough. I think you're missing the point, as well. His salary hasn't actually impacted the club, and so you're making a mountain out of a mole hill, admittedly, because of the optics.

The fact is that he's built £1B in world class infrastructure whilst steadily growing the clubs' revenue to record heights.

His failing has been not finding and empowering someone who is as capable of running the football side as he is the business side. Part of that is hubris, definitely, and part of it is having been burned in the past by those he has appointed.

At the end of the day Levy could do a lot better, obviously. But we could do, and have done, a lot worse than Levy.

Let's see how this summer plays out. He's employed a spend happy "proven winner", is backed by years of record profits, and motivated by the loss of CL revenue all in an economic market where our more hand-to-mouth competition are going to be hurting significantly more than we.

Your post would be absolutely right.............if he gave a shit about the team!

 

[Spaniel]

Pretty sure Joe Lewis's daughter is involved somewhere - Levy's son is a director of another Lewis owned company

I think the club is just going to be passed on to the next generation

Levy himself will probably outsee every other person currently employed by the club

Sounds a lot like the Trumps!

 

[Spaniel]

I think we are all going to learn a lot about Levy from the documentary. I cant wait, more excited than for the remaining games

When is it being shown?

 

[Spaniel]

The documentary will be spun to make ENIC look like saints with the best interests of the club at heart, don't expect it to "expose" them.

Levy almost certainly has a contract that gives him complete artistic license over the final cut.

 

[Spaniel]

It will make the club considerably more money, which can be used to pay higher wages and buy better players.

It won't if the season ticket holders and the fans don't go. You're assuming capacity for every game. If Sonny goes, we lose the Korean market. If Harry goes, a lot of fans will come fewer times. There's no point in having a world class stadium for a 2nd class team.

 

[Dr Rocktopus]

It won't if the season ticket holders and the fans don't go. You're assuming capacity for every game. If Sonny goes, we lose the Korean market. If Harry goes, a lot of fans will come fewer times. There's no point in having a world class stadium for a 2nd class team.

Doesn’t have to be capacity. It’s still likely to have 20k higher attendance than at The Lane, and sell out for the bigger games.

Plus the increased revenue from the concourse, NFL games, concerts etc, which will increase the possibility of bringing in a higher quality of the thing you say matters the most...players.