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I’m not really a club hater but I make an exception with Real Madrid. I hope we have one of those mad days.

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Does it still show up on your mate’s account or has it disappeared altogether?

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I named my dog after him. And my uber account is in the name “Bobby Firmino” too.

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Ha! I didn’t realise there was more text after the ads.

How come Bajcetic isn’t mentioned?

Fair point.

If this is what people mean by “growing fat off the back of the club” then I don’t know how having FSG leave and cash out those profits will help. Unless people simply want the club to prosper from the gifts of rich owners, rather than be run properly and remain self-sufficient.

Yeah, that’s what I meant by “players and agents”.

How are they growing fat off the back of us? From what I can see, most of our revenue is spent on players and agents, with the rest going on infrastructure. Admittedly, I’ve not looked that hard and I’m happy to revise my view with new info. The club will be worth way more than they paid for it but won’t they only grow fat when they sell?

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What do we want from the club’s owners? People’s unhappiness with FSG seems to be due to one or both of: a) not enough investment in new playing staff; and/or b) money-making moves that are bad for the game (super league, etc.). What really needs to change to fix these two issues? Do we really need new owners or do we just need the club to be run in a way that frees up enough money for transfers to allow us to compete? Apparently our revenue was just under 600 million quid (according to the Deloitte money league) and I’d imagine that should be enough to run a very successful club. With those sort of revenues, we should be able to solve the first issue without resorting to some of the actions associated with the second problem. But for us to be and remain competitive, it means that the other clubs need to operate under similar constraints. In the long run, we can only be competitive if the league/Uefa are more vigilant in applying FFP rules. Given the choice between a sugar daddy that buys us trophies or owners that run the club within its means, I’d choose the latter as it contributes to the health of the game. I’d much prefer fan ownership and, failing that, I’d take owners who don’t invest their own cash for transfers, etc., but keep the club competitive while operating within its means. I’m more pissed off with the Premier League and Uefa than I am with FSG.