Your daily Liverpool digest for Monday, June 18.
FSG await huge revenue opportunity
While the Premier League ‘bubble’ has been predicted to burst for some years, world football’s most lucrative and most watched domestic competition continues to grow.
Last week, analysis from Deloitte revealed that the Premier League’s revenue for 2021/22 reached £5.5bn, a figure that was more than both Spain’s La Liga and the German Bundesliga combined. It is a figure almost certain to keep growing, after bumper broadcasting deals negotiated both at home and abroad, and the continued commercial success of the Premier League and its member clubs.
There is a reason why there is major interest in Premier League football clubs and why they sell for a premium. And there is a reason why FSG decided that they didn’t want to part ways with Liverpool, why the Glazers are still mulling over a deal that keeps them involved in some way, and why the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund were willing to push so hard and be patient over acquiring Newcastle United.
Speaking on the ECHO’s Bottom Line Podcast, head of commercial strategy at global sports firm Octagon, Daniel Haddad, said: “If you look at the trend for investment into football clubs and where that investment is coming from, hedge fund-backed investments or nation states etc, it hints that there is a large degree of confidence outside of the UK and at a global level that the football industry still has a long way to grow in terms of total economic size. You wouldn’t be seeing the kind of bidding we’ve seen with Chelsea and Manchester United otherwise.”
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Konate makes Thuram admission
Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate says that he hopes OGC Nice midfielder Khephren Thuram makes a switch to Anfield this summer.
In a quickfire 'Yes or No' with the broadcaster Telefoot, Konate alongside Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano was asked if Thuram will be playing alongside him at Anfield this season.
"Yes, I hope so," he replied.
Despite being away from duty with Klopp's squad, Konate has been vocal in the transfer plans on Merseyside this summer and in particular over the prospect of earning a French teammate at club level.
Speaking to RMC Sport, he said: "I would be very happy for him [Thuram] to come to Liverpool and I would take him under my wing and I would do everything for him to progress and become the player he wants to become."
"Khephren is like my little brother, he's someone I saw growing up. I was with his big brother in the training centre, but I saw him grow. I saw him perform and progress at a level... It was incredible. Even when he came to the France team for his first selection. I saw him at the training and I was really surprised by his size and his technical ease."
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