Benitez needs cash for signings NOW - or Liverpool will need a new boss

Hi tom, as you know i am a fan of the way you write, and i hope again that the sight of a man u sign will not start a handbags fight but i just wanted to throw some things in to this mix... Number one what the hicks/gillett have brung to the anfield table is very little difference to the glaziers the only differce is that we did ot want it to happen, to be fair i for one in the whole am very happy wit the way things are heading, but i think liverpools fans have to be realistic, the extra money per team is supposed to be about £30 million now according to delotties your guys have borrowed the 300 million to buy liverpool, which means intrest payments much like man u we have 600 mil of debts with 60 mil of intrest payments common sence would say the intrest payments would be a bout 30 million (no brainer here the extra premiership money will pay for your buy out) no before this liverpool was running at a loss of about 7 mil per year. these guys are going to build a new stadium which will cost about 300 million

now there is only two ways they can get this money 1 them selves 2 borrow it, option one works out to a lay out of 150 million dollars a year (remember they are american) option two incease your clubs debts and intrest payments, which again they will have to pay for.. now add the massive payouts for new contracts which again they are going ot have to foot the bill for looks like 6 of your guys will get bumper new pay rises amounting to about £150,000 per week extra (about another 8 million ayear for them to find) i just cant see them hitting you with a 40 or fifty million war chest, this year (its another hundred million dollars for them to find) and the £125,000 per week wages people like eto comand, these guys when all said and done are in it for the long term and to make money not to kill them selves now in to doing an abromavich style 1 billion dollar go crazy spree. i look at these guys and i think that they ill be happy to win a cup of any sort for the next sereval years, and once the stadium is built

and 4 or 5 years down the line come out fighting then for the premiership hen the ground is paying for it self. hey tom i may be wrond on this but i think that you will see what there intentions are over the summer trasfer period 40 million and they are going for it 10 million and i think it will be four or five years mate

l have had enough of talk talk, time to show the money and get the signings we need. back benitez of we will lose him. we are to big a club to be sleeping whilst man u go out and walk the walk.

it seems the promise made by hicks and gillet is just for PR. benitez is undoubtedly frustrated with chelsea and man u trying to sign top players every season. hopefully, valencia scenario won't be repeated. "i ask for a sofa, they bought me a lampshade"

What you say is correct, but there is another side to it, once the new stadium is built you have to have people willing to pay to get in, and as the the new owners have made promises to Rafa that he can buy whoever he thinks can turn Liverpool into a title contending team at this stage anything less that they offer will be a huge disappointment to all fans and will affect gate receipts. To be successful off the field, with such things as gate money and club merchandise you must first of all be successful on the pitch and that is where they said they would back Rafa up, and any change in that now would turn the Liverpool masses against them for all time.......its as simple as a promise is a promise and if they cant be trusted with this their first promise they can never be trusted again.

Agree with your comments. We have been here before, dragging our feet. Malouda and Bent should already be on board. All talk and no action.

I have been a Liverpool fan all my life, and just in case one wonders what this means, I have no qualms in disclosing that the likes of Steve Highway, Kevin Keegan, John Toshack and the late Emelyn Hughes are still very vivid personalities in my memory personal fotball memories. Another vivid memory is the fact thet Liverpool have always had the uncanny ability to attract top quality players, without much fuss, or blowing of trumpets and this always gave me the confidence that the Liverpool bosses were truly top notch individuals who always went about their business in a truly professional manner. So my question is; What is really going on? Why so many rumours and unneccessary speculation? Why are so many being linked to the club? Why all the publicity and fanfare? Do we really know what, or rather who, are our target are? If so, just get on with it. Less mouth and more action please! This whole affair is starting to sound like a long drawn soap-opera saraight out of the USA. Its absolutely pathetic. As the

keep a grip on yourself. nobody has signed anyone that rafa has said we need. No1 Carson has been recalled a better goalkeeper than Dudek (agreed) No 2 Finnan the most depebndable in the league(agreed) No 3 he is considering Lahm,Chiellini and Baines none of which has been sold (agreed)No 4 and 5 Carragher and Agger enough said (agreed) wide right Pennant the most improved player at the club also we have wingers from our doule cup winning youth teams (agreed) centre midfield Alonso, Gerard,Mascerano,Lucas,Sissoko,enough said (agreed) left midfield he is looking at Malouda still not sold(agreed) up front Etoo,Torres,Villa,Amauri,Treseguet,Henry all still at their clubs so now explain why you think there is a problem .IN RAFA WE TRUST

Manchester Utd have always been willing to spend big on the right player at the right time, rather than go for the option of buying 4 average players which are suitable for lesser teams. The problem with liverpool is the same as always, slow and not ruthless enough when it comes to business, which translate in our team, especially up front. Over the years the amount of times we've had the chance to buy a quality player but then pull out over a couple million is a joke. With an even bigger increase in football money from the new tv deal, liverpool should be conducting themselves in the right manner. Top players can tell liverpool are not serious to challenge for the top honors in the game. They wont stay around and dare i say it i really cant see us winning a league in a long time with the current set up. Rafa will more than likely leave by the end of next year due to failed promises. A manager as well as a player have abitions. Next year Manchester Utd will once again win the league and this time next year,

It feels like a long time since Rafa stated that we need to act quickly in the transfer department but i shall wait stoically until the end the spanish season before i start to panic.In Rafa we trust: in Hicks and Gillett...???

the problem is one of culture... the new american owners everywhere with the exceptions of the glaziers, haveent so it seems understood the difference between us sports and fotball.... no draft system, no salary cap... but u need to spend another 50 mio on top of what u already have year after year all oin the the say so of somebody who earns a fraction of what the players are earning as a whole, and if u get dont get to the championsleague u have blown all worldwide recog nition anad if u get relegated u have blown the lot....tv money isnt going up any more so its down to shirts and turnstyles....may be sugar is the clever one.. sell at the top...

we all know we need, at least 3 to4 class players.if the yanks, cannot keep there promises, they should move on now. if they fail us we will never let them rest. liverpool is a instution,gillet, and hicks you be advised to remember that. you made a promise do not break it. we are fed up with second rate buys, we need class and now.

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I think at least 4 major signings are what we need to compete. It should have been sorted out already!.....Tevez(Bellamy swap money), Malouda, Milito and Alves. No reason for these deals to not already have happened!!! NO!....it's time to put money where your mouth is Hicks/Gillette!!!

if benites leves i wont have too many complaints. but he wil be missed . as for the bord i knew nothing would come in the way of money. after all siad and done yanks always want more money . they saw the way r old bored dished out money and have folled suit we astrue liverpool fans will never get what we want now. we shuld have gone whit united emerits?

if we wait more other clubs will become intersting in the players that we should really need... A lot of promises have been made but we almost see a very few changes. I think that Tom & George wants ta spend a little money and get new big names ,surely they can't do it. At least we need a world class striker like torres, tevez, eto'o etc... swap bellamy with owen done deal with a few of money involed to magpies, and we should sign at least 2 wingers. I heared a lot of humours that simoa, malouda are coming next week. Hope yes but if we continue to wait other clubs may be involed!!!! Our supporter cant wait more. WE NEED TO SIGNING NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Well said, unless ofcourse all our signings are bagged in and will be revealed later. One other problem is that the spanish league keeps lingering on, and this area is surely one that interest Rafa.

I must admit, i sympothise with you Liverpool fans. These two Americans came to your club with lots of financial promises. Never trust Americans. As for Michael Owen. We feel that because of the money he has cost this club and the support he has had through his injuries, he owes this club big style. owen has already been paid 10m in wages for 14 games. I would like him to stay with us and i feel Allardyce should offer him a new contract to test the water and see where his loyalties lie. back to Liverpool. I think Benitez willl be gone by the start of the season if he isn't offered any transfer money and that will be a huge loss to your club. This season is going o be a lot more competative as as you have all said man Utd have all their new signings in place.

Embarrassing, hysterical crap.

Hi mate, thanks for replying, get every word you are saying and from a fans poijt of view i completly agree with you, i have seen the hype that those americans came with, we were the firs to be bought out by the americans and we have half of salford burning tickets and making a break away football club, ask your self whats the difference, there are two of them, but combined if you go on the times rich list the glazier is about 480 million dollars behind them he is worth 2.82 billion dollars they are worth between them 3.3 million dollars its nothing. remember i also look at things from an accountants point of view. i see two americans tat know they are on to a good thing if they manage it well. they are going to spend 150 million dollars a year four the next 4 years, (75 million for the stadium) they are going to have to now subsidise the wages increase and the losses (about 40 million dollars a year) i honestly think that they will be happy wit one of the cups and just closing the gap as long as they are se

seen to be making progress. if they start throwing 80 million dollars (40 million pounds) at transfers and 20 million dollars (10 million pounds) in wages. they will be spending 250 million dollars a year for 4 years, come on tom do you honestly think they are going to do that, i am not saying your wrong but these guys i just dont think like english football that much, dont forget the extra tv revenues will now go on the debt payments and when the glaziers bought us we already had the stadium where every time you opened the gate it netts £4 million pounds cash.. i may be wrong but i think you may find these guys are in it for long haul success over the next decade and not lifting the premiership next year.. what do you think honestly?

it fundametally bopils down what i ve been saying all along... why do u the think the icemen are spending like crazy at upton park...they never want to go thru that again