Liverpool fans are understandably fuming with the club’s stance on the European Super League, but perhaps this should spark a wider competition about FSG’s ownership.
Now, we’re not going to cast aspersions about FSG’s running of the club when it comes to matters on the pitch. After all, they’ve brought so much success to Anfield over the years.
However, their ethics and morals don’t seem to align with what Liverpool Football Club should stand for.
Liverpool is a working class city, it’s a proud area made up of ordinary people who generally try to help one another as much as possible, and when times are tough, no city unites quite like the city of Liverpool.
Anfield has long been a symbol of this, whether it’s Bill Shankly talking about socialism, Jurgen Klopp having his say on Brexit or Kenny Dalglish’s numerous charitably exploits – Liverpool has always been a club that understands the people of its city.
However, the past 12 months have shown that the current owners are out of touch with what Liverpool FC should stand for.
This time last year, FSG were furloughing staff, taking unnecessary handouts from the Government despite the fact that the club are owned by a multi-billionaire.
Luckily, fan backlash saw that decision reversed, but the fact that the owners had the audacity to even try to furlough their staff still remains.
Then, there was the whole Project Big Picture debacle where Liverpool, along with Manchester United, tried to restack the deck of English football in their favour, handing themselves more power and creating an uneven playing field.
Of course, that was met with similar backlash and it didn’t go through, but now, it seems as though the European Super League is going ahead, and there have been more fan protests.
How FSG thought this would be well-received by Liverpool fans is beyond belief, it’s tone-deaf to an unbelievable degree, and it goes against everything Liverpool should stand for.
And yet, Somehow, it’s not a surprise. This is the third time in 12 months that the owners have done something like this and objectively gone against what the club has stood for in its 130 year history.
Sadly, FSG making business decisions that don’t reflect what the club stands for is nothing new, and while the Super League seems to be bringing these issues to a head, FSG have been making a mockery of the club they own for 12 months now.
Regardless of whether the Super League idea comes to fruition or not, there needs to be a real conversation about if FSG are the right owners for a club with such a proud and storied history.
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