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Caution needed in analyses of Liverpool

I am not sure I agree with this analysis of Liverpool published in The Athletic over the weekned and I am not sure many Liverpool fans will either, but it is at least worth thinking about.

An extract states: 'In the long term, perhaps football has reached a point where it is impossible for any Liverpool owner to deliver what the fans want unless there is a bottomless pit of money and the club is run on terms that some of FSG’s fiercest critics claim to despise.

To consistently compete with Manchester City, Liverpool would have to essentially become City, the only club at the moment capable of threatening the theory that the Premier League is no longer possible to dominate (four titles in 10 seasons isn’t a bad start).

By comparison, Liverpool currently operate like a deluxe Sevilla: the system only works when they sell well. Success came because of the buys of Virgil van Dijk and Alisson but the funding was only in place for those deals because of the outrageous fee involved in the sale of Philippe Coutinho, as well as the overachievement of reaching the first of their most recent Champions League finals soon after.'

My comment would be that the Premier League is very competitive at the top level and Liverpool have been beset by injuries this season.  The 'individualistic fallacy' occurs when you try to generalise from a particular sequence of events.   I wasn't convinced last year that Liverpool were about to go on a series of title runs, but there is no reason why they shouldn't be in contention next season, particularly if fans come back in numbers.

RedBird, who own Toulouse FC, have acquired a 10 per cent stake in Liverpool's parent company Fenway Sports Group: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/redbird-capital-fsg-liverpool-mean-19928875

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