by theHotHead » Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:31 am
Liverpool sold their best players to fund their transfers. To my knowledge the only investment KSE made into Liverpool was development of the ground and training ground, etc.
Liverpool's net spend
2019/20 - £9.36m in, £37.44m out
2018/19 - £163.98m in, £37.19m out
2017/18 - £156.49m in, £175.05 out
2016/17 - £71.9m in, £76.84m out
2015/16 - £113.85m in, £81.5m out
2014/15 - £136.29m in, £89.34m out
2013/14 - £52.29m in, £29.25m out
2012/13 - £63.54m in, £9.41m out
2011/12 - £59.87m in, £20.61 out
2010/11 - £87.95m in, £91.35m out.
For the 10 years KSE have owned Liverpool, their net spend on transfers is £267.54m, £26.7m per season which would be more than a reasonable amount for the club itself to fund as an annual transfer budget and not need KSE to spend their money on it. Lets compare to Arsenal in the last 10 years:
2019/20 - £144.36m in, £48.29m out.
2018/19 - £72.14m in, £7.11m out.
2017/18 - £137.57m in, £142.2m out
2016/17 - £101.74m in, £9.32m out.
2015/16 - £23.85m in, £2.25m out
2014/15 - £107.08m in, £25.02m out.
2013/14 - £44.33m in, £10.94m out
2012/13 - £50.4m in, £59.27m out.
2011/12 - £58.93m in, £70.46m out
2010/11 - £20.7m in, £7.29m out.
Net spend for Arsenal over the past 10 years, £378.95m, £37.8m per season.
Liverpool have spent less than us over the past 10 years, KSE have more than likely not spent a penny of their money on transfers. We keep harping on about not having money to spend and owner spending being our issue when clearly it has nothing to do with either !! Its been a series of poor management decisions, at board level and from the manager(s).