Liverpool fans "Wenger staying is great news for us". Am i missing

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Why is our wage bill about to go up??? I would assume that there is more than 50% chance both our "star" players could leave.. if they do are we going to sign anyone on 150k a week?? We could also lose a number of non playing squad players.

If anything our wage bill will be lower because there won't be any champions league bonus related payments while theirs will probably go up because of them.

[SWv2]

It's relevant because our wage bill is about to significantly increase after having been consistently higher than Liverpool's for the past four years. I'd be surprised if any of Liverpool's players end up getting a 100k+ per week increase.

We'll have to agree to disagree about their squad, I see an awful lot of dross that Klopp has done very well to get into the CL. Lovren and Matip at CB? Milner and that Spanish chap at fullback? Jaysus lord.

He inherited a mess BGS and to get them into the CL has been an excellent achievement.

You seem quite certain that messers Ozil and Sanchez will stay then? I am less sure about the latter and to a degree perhaps Wenger's continued stewardship could be an issue in the sense of his rigourous management of purse strings.

You're a financial man anyway and you will be aware that increases to players will be somewhat balanced by departures and I expect to see quite a few this summer - Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Ospina, Perez and perhaps higher earners such as Wilshere and maybe Giroud even Theo who appears to have quite dramatically in recent weeks fallen down the pecking order.

[World's End Stella]

You seem quite certain that messers Ozil and Sanchez will stay then? I am less sure about the latter and to a degree perhaps Wenger's continued stewardship could be an issue in the sense of his rigourous management of purse strings.

You're a financial man anyway and you will be aware that increases to players will be somewhat balanced by departures and I expect to see quite a few this summer - Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Ospina, Perez and perhaps higher earners such as Wilshere and maybe Giroud even Theo who appears to have quite dramatically in recent weeks fallen down the pecking order.

Yes, I'm guessing that Ozil and Sanchez stay. Ozil because I don't think there is much of a market for him and Sanchez because I think we'll pay what he wants. But who knows really.

As for our wage bill change, I would expect it to be higher despite departures, decreases due to no CL etc. I'm sure you've noticed that football hasn't been short of inflationary pressure the past 10-20 years.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

You seem quite certain that messers Ozil and Sanchez will stay then? I am less sure about the latter and to a degree perhaps Wenger's continued stewardship could be an issue in the sense of his rigourous management of purse strings.

You're a financial man anyway and you will be aware that increases to players will be somewhat balanced by departures and I expect to see quite a few this summer - Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Ospina, Perez and perhaps higher earners such as Wilshere and maybe Giroud even Theo who appears to have quite dramatically in recent weeks fallen down the pecking order.

I read somewhere that this new left back chap we've signed (also read that he was voted into the Bundesliga team of the year) is getting £140k a week, although him being a free transfer is probably a big factor in that.

[Pokster]

I read somewhere that this new left back chap we've signed (also read that he was voted into the Bundesliga team of the year) is getting £140k a week, although him being a free transfer is probably a big factor in that.

Assuming those figures are correct... we are likely to sell Gibbs and hence not pay his wages... that will be an increase in wages but also an increase in cash in the bank

[redgunamo]

something here? Haven't won **** all in a decade, regularly finish below us, and even after the stinker of a season we just had they only finished 1 point above us. Same can be said for Spurs (minus the points bit).

Bunch of ****s.

Better the devil you know, innit.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Liverpool fans! Twelve months from now, after Liverpool fail to qualify for the CL again - which they will - they'll be wanting Klott's head.