In a recent statement Chinese businessman Kenny Huang explained that he believes his consortium have a 50 per cent chance of taking over at Liverpool:
“I am 50 per cent confident we will acquire the club. Our interest in buying LFC has been recognised by the board. At the same time, we have continued our work – researching and evaluating, the overall progress is good. However, there are quite a number of strong competitors. So there are still a lot of unknowns. We have put forward many proposals and we have the answer: the board has accepted our proposal and wish us to continue the process. We have a reply in less than 10 days. There is still some way to go. It was that we asked the board to let us know whether our proposal would be overall acceptable and the board has said yes. There are rivals from North America and the Middle East. Each bidder wants to consider themselves at an advantage, so it is difficult to say we are far ahead. We will continue to work with the board and the banks of Liverpool, as well as other aspects. Our adversaries are stronger and we lack experience, so we need to do further research.”
There have been so many contradictory quotes and statements in the press recently that nobody outside of the Liverpool boardroom can truly claim to know what is going on and with whom.
I, like all Liverpool fans would be delighted if a takeover deal could be finalised before the end of the transfer window. It would give Roy the funds to strengthen the squad further for what will no doubt be a long season, but what is more important is that Martin Broughton and the Board make the right decision and Liverpool FC is sold to the most suitable bidder.
Once new owners are in place funds will be made available to the manager to strengthen the playing squad as well as finance a new stadium. In a way, it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise if the deal was to go through after August 31st. It would give Roy and his team of scouts the time to carefully assess and identify the most suitable players to bring to the club in the January transfer window. If a deal was to go through before the end of the transfer window I am sure there would be a huge amount of pressure on Roy to bring in a big name signing. This scenario would give the management team insufficient time to accurately assess and evaluate the suitability of the player and as we know a big name doesn’t always cut it in the Premier league.
No true Liverpool fan would want the club to go in the same direction as Manchester City and buy players as though they were playing a game of Football Manager. Yes Liverpool need to improve the playing squad but not dramatically and they certainly don’t need a squad whose average wage is around £80k a week. Players need to be carefully identified and brought in to strengthen the parts of the team where we are short.
Careful rebuilding will be the key
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So, what is the staff doing now that would keep them from knowing what many fans already know about players? What were they doing all summer? Vacations?????