A lot could happen during the second half of the 2022/23 season, and for Liverpool there is, among other things, tension linked to the battle of the top four and not the least of which is what will happen from the ownership side and the potential sale of the club. club.
At the same time this is happening, Jurgen Klopp’s team is going through a generational change. Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could leave for free in the summer and will have to be replaced by new players.
Jude Bellingham is the bigger target, but if Liverpool are capable of spending more than £100m on one man, the money has to come from somewhere. At the moment it is difficult to know where.
UEFA Champions League money and new owners
the athlete He writes that the Reds earned £100m by reaching the Champions League final last season. It was a mixture of prize money and television revenue. Similar sums could be achieved this year if Klopp makes the squad fit enough to go far in the Championship again. The first hurdle in the knockout stages is Real Madrid.
As always under Klopp, Champions League qualification is the most important goal before every season. At the moment, Liverpool are ten points adrift in fourth place, but with a match remaining. According to The Athletic, around 70 points are usually needed to finish in the top four, which means Liverpool need 41 points from their last 19 league matches.
Of course, the money doesn’t have to come from Champions League matches – it could also come from new owners. FSG is open to selling the club, but so far there have been no tempting offers.
High sources at FSG claim that it is more likely that they will sell part of the club rather than the whole.
Player sales
As is known, it was the sale of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona for over £140m that led to Liverpool being able to break out and bring Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk to the club, among others.
In the years since, there have been many good sales, including by players like Rhian Brewster and Ki-Jana Hoever. The question at the moment is who at the club has enough value that there could be significant sums of it in the transfer market. As it stands now, Caoimhin Kelleher and Nat Phillips are the two most marketable candidates when we get to summer.
“And what about Liverpool? Hope of resuming the pursuit of the top four depends on bringing back key players rather than using the transfer market. The return of Diogo Jota, Van Dijk, Firmino and Luis Diaz would certainly help, but the fear is that they are too late and have a lot of room for improvement,” he writes. Athletic.
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