FSG are patently planning to generate their ROI on their investement in Liverpool, via an exit strategy i.e. by building the value of the equity to a level that far exceeds the original price paid plus any cash invested. It remains to be seen how long they are prepared to wait, but my bet would be that they'll move it on within 2-3 years
Anything could happen. I feel that they have certainly lowered their visible presence at the ground and on tv/twitter. However I do feel they have more than a simple direct sale in mind and would be quite happy to sell a majority share to someone but feel the global branding opportunities its given is something i doubt they want to give up.... that is purely a commercial thing.. .selling american trash to asians.. I do feel however the boat for dubai to enter and throw cash around has sailed. the rout to success now is throwing up a vast ground, using commercial deals to grow revenue (duabi airlines all over shirts for vastly inflated sums and so forth.) I think its far more likely we see more vincent tans at the bottom than city type clubs at the top... which for football in general is far more dangerous as we've examples like blackburn and portsmouth to look at.
borni is a world class free kick taker? I saw him bury one in an u21 game... now the keeper was a midget but still it was a worldie. Rodgers wants sacking for what he's done to the italian national team. borini and balotelli should be wroldies if not for rodgers.... like that?
My understanding is that with a majority shaeholding a person/group can force a full takeover. Now why would selling a majority shareholding in Liverpool be in FSG's benefit?
turn that on its head... why would anyone by a minority shareholding then!!!! these are privately owned companies we are talking about not floated companies on a PLC basis with publicly traded shares. FSG do not want to put the cash in but they do want the linkage and the US tours and crap. if they held 20% of a private owned company they'd be quite happy. It'd be like the 2/3 billionaires owning shares in arsneal... none want to push for the take over right now but they are all positioned. If the arabs see an advantage to them to buy 80% and make use of sg in the states then they might be happy too. maybe tobes is right, maybe fsg will want to simply cash in quick and turn a profit of sorts (well by sorts i mean 100mil or something) maybe i'm right and they want people to buy into the company to raise capital and build linkages globally. maybe neither is right and the story that henry wa sonly there to sell stand naming rights... who knows.
If you sell 3-4 10% stakes in something then you still have the majority control. But just look at the shareholding on the Everton board.....nobody has a controlling share so couldnt force a sale of the remaining shares
See Tobes is pontificating again about FSG's strategy when he hasn't got a clue what FSG's strategy is for itself and how LFC fit in the achievement of that strategy. A truly wonderful piece of crystal ball gazing! The one thing that we can be certain about is that any action taken by FSG in relation to LFC will be done for commercial reasons ie will be a business decision. So the references to be made by FSG are going to be less in relation to the parochial PL and more into the length and the effect of the expected global economic slowdown.
It's called considered opinion. You're a mile off being an entity capable of generating anything like a respectable ROCE, so it's hardly a shot in the dark ffs. Especially given how few clubs in the division actually do maintain a sustainable profit level, therefore an exit strategy has always been likely, given the low purchase price.
Always get the feeling that FSG would be fairly easy to convince to sell the club. Give them a good price and they'd be away, I mean they have no real love or connection to the club and are business men who are obviously looking to make a profit why wouldn't they sell if they got a good price. I also get the feeling that they've come to realise what it means to run a football club, its expensive especially if you want that club to be successful and win trophies. Of course they'll have had experience of dealing with big wages but it'll be the transfer fees that will have really done one on them. They've stabilised the club and finally got the expansion under way, so even if they do sell up we can always thank them for that.
Exactly right mate. They've been sensible owners and if their end game is to cash in their chips, then I don't think you could have a pop.
