If you were centi-millionaire or billionaire (worth £1bn)

[Guest bluehouse]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

[Guest Garstonite]

I'd say I would and give Benitez hundreds of millions, decrease ticket prices to a penny and build a 200,000 seater stadium, but I'd probably blow it on a magic bean.

[Guest JV]

I'd say I would and give Benitez hundreds of millions, decrease ticket prices to a penny and build a 200,000 seater stadium, but I'd probably blow it on a magic bean.

[Rimbeux]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

Yep

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

Enough to plug any gaps in funding a new stadium, giving the club a bigger income without having to borrow unwisely.

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

No more than at the current rate

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

Enough to make up the difference between what we have now, and would have with the income from a new stadium

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

Absolutely, it's a sensible number, and takes into account a future where every game will be available live

[Kahnee]

I was going to say yes, but that magic bean idea has potential...

[Mondavi]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

 

 

Yes

 

A lot of it

 

No

 

As much as Rafa feels he needs to "furnish our house". I'd have faith that he wouldn't waste the cash on expensive paintings, or other such decorations and ornaments. Rafa's brief for the designer would be minimalist, but exceedingly efficient and functional. There would however be room in the garage for a couple of extra pieces, but nothing too Bolshevist

 

Would prefer it to be nearer 70.

[smithdown]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

 

 

No I'd buy Everton

 

As much as Kenwright

 

You bet your feckin life I would

 

Same as Kenwright, enough to buy and humiliate a new manc every year

 

I would pretend to build a series of super-stadiums (with detachable roller-hockey rinks, a self-folding roof/giant billiard table and dire straits and dollar tribute bands on every other week) and have the echo run front page stories about my madcap schemes every six months.

[Fagan]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

No, i wouldnt know the first thing about running such a massive business and club. but i would invest in a vast amount of shares and a new stadium so i could contribute at board level, have an interest in the stadium, get tickets whenever i want, and not have to rely on these forums for dodgy transfer tidbits

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

A substantial amount, important that the club doesnt feel it can rely on a sugar daddy though, id invest whatever was needed to build the new stadium, increase facilities at the club and melwood, give rafa whatever he needed for players.

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

absolutely not.

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

no budget per say. keeping the wage structure in check would be the biggest challenge

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

no id have a stadium with an option to enlarge. no harm in keeping your options open

Edited May 20, 2006 by Afgan

[Guest jlb21]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

Yes !!

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

Enough to avoid Anfield destruction and to transform it into a 60 000 seats stadium, and also enough to improve the team.

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

No, I'll divide the price by two.

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

Enough to give Rafa the possibility to sign any player he needs to improve his squad.

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

No, I'd try first to transform Anfield, even if it needs a higher budget.

[smicer07]

As if you'd all decrease the ticket prices!!!

[Mondavi]

As if you'd all decrease the ticket prices!!!

 

 

all ?

[smithdown]

I was going to say yes, but that magic bean idea has potential...

 

 

Is it really magic?

 

[Fagan]

Is it really magic?

 

 

 

oh yes..

 

[The Hitman]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

No, i wouldnt know the first thing about running such a massive business and club. but i would invest in a vast amount of shares and a new stadium so i could contribute at board level, have an interest in the stadium, get tickets whenever i want, and not have to rely on these forums for dodgy transfer tidbits

Ah,but you would,because you'd be a billionaire. Billionaires run massive businesses!!!

Yours pedantically.

[charlie clown]

If I was a billionaire who'd worked really hard and been painstakingly carfeul with my financial jusdegements and decisions to amass my fortune, I'd abandon the habit of a lifetime and ask people on an internet forum if I should do it or not.

[Rushian]

I wouldn't buy the club but I would pay for a 80,000 stadium. That's enough of a legacy to keep the club going for decades.

[Owen1978]

I wouldn't buy the club but I would pay for a 80,000 stadium. That's enough of a legacy to keep the club going for decades.

 

I would also have a retractalbe pitch which reveals a missile silo, so we can aim them at goodison & old trafford!

[The Hitman]

I would also have a retractalbe pitch which reveals a missile silo, so we can aim them at goodison & old trafford!

When did Saddam escape,and where are you hiding them all?

[G Richards]

I'd pay for a new stadium, hopefully making the capacity a bit bigger, but not too big/soulless.

 

I'd also invest a lump sum which would generate annual income to be used for the manager in the tranfer market - nothing too ridiculous though, say enough to generate £15-20M per season.

 

With a free stadium (and larger income), plus a £20M a year head start on the transfer budget, we would be well set up.

 

Ticket prices would stay the same, and in years to come I would ensure they remained amongst the lowest in the Prem.

[Big G Superhero]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

Yep

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

Enough to plug any gaps in funding a new stadium, giving the club a bigger income without having to borrow unwisely.

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

No more than at the current rate

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

Enough to make up the difference between what we have now, and would have with the income from a new stadium

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

Absolutely, it's a sensible number, and takes into account a future where every game will be available live

 

Tightwad!

[Guest bluehouse]

I wouldn't buy the club but I would pay for a 80,000 stadium. That's enough of a legacy to keep the club going for decades.

 

You'd rent it out to them? lease it? or donate it?

[smithdown]

You'd rent it out to them? lease it? or donate it?

 

 

He wouldn't share it before you ask.

[_00_deathscar]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

 

How much of your own money would you invest?

 

Would you increase ticket prices?

 

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

 

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

 

- Yes

 

- At least 25% of my fortune

 

- No

 

- As much as Rafa needed or wanted

 

- No - Anfield = Liverpool

[Rimbeux]

Tightwad!

 

Maybe, but I know as a fan, I'd prefer the club to be able to support itself, and not rely on one man's cash, so if i was in position, I'd invest, properly invest, not just bankroll, in the things that would make that happen.

[libero]

would you buy Liverpool FC?

Off course

How much of your own money would you invest?

Just enough so I had enough to live on

Would you increase ticket prices?

No

What you set the transfer budget to be this season?

Twelvety gazillion

Would you go ahead with the new stadium with fixed capacity for 60,000 spectators?

Yes but my only stipulation would be that the club would have to move lock stock and barrel to Fife so they could be near my hoose.