Is that different than Liverpool’s owners?
it's a valid point I think
I think they are more focused on the importance of sporting success than the corporate side. United spent big early on but in the last 3 years we've seen austerity at our club.
You wonder what Liverpool's spending would have looked like had things been a little different.
firstly they have Klopp who is fantastic manager who gets the best out of the players.
They've obviously got a structure in place for identifying targets - signings like Wijnaldum, Matip, Robertson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane, Firmino for fees ranging from nothing to 40m
their spending has been boosted greatly by sales. While we were selling the likes of Evans, RVP, Nani, Anderson, Blind, Hernandez, Rafael, Fabio, Zaha and Darmian for a pittance they were selling Coutinho, Sterling, Suarez, Benteke for great fees. Even players like Solanke, Ings, Sahko all went for 20-25m
if they hadn't received that financial shot in the arm I wonder would we have seen the big spending on guys like VVD, Keita or Allison?
fundamentally though Liverpool is like a football club as the owners - who are investors, let's be in no doubt - sacked Rodgers at the right time to get Klopp and have put structures in place to maximise football success.... that's how it seems to me anyway
you certainly couldn't say that at United and the likes of Woodward and Judge arent effective 'football people'. Woodward's reluctance to hire a DoF is akin to a kid not wanting to share his toys. LVG/Mourinho have all lambasted the ridiculous structure at United and stories like the one about the Celtic physio makes us look like an amateurish operation.