What Are Liverpool Now? | Libero 152

Liverpool under FSG have been at various points held up as the model for a modern football operation. They were good sellers and squad builders. The owners generally believed that the best way to run a Premier League club successfully was to achieve success where people can see it, on the field. Now, with a cohort of powerful individuals that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buying a significant shareholding, the motivations of the ownership could be about to change at a time when the team needs to rediscover its sense of direction under a new coach. What does the arrival of new money at Anfield mean? Why are Liverpool leaving such gaping holes in their squad and why does landing a big star like Bradley Barcola no longer move the needle?

Rory Smith, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja set their focus on the new owners, as well as Liverpool's incoherent transfer policy.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:31 Liverpool's strange summer
10:47 Are FSG good owners?
16:00 Jeff Bezos and the modern ownership class
32:57 Liverpool's transfer strategy and squad imbalance
40:58 How player cost changes fan relationship
48:25 Financial rules and the transfer market

Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions