{"id":117906,"date":"2025-09-06T05:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117906\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:10:08","slug":"how-liverpools-450m-spend-will-impact-future-transfer-windows-with-mohamed-salah-knock-on-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117906\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liverpool’s \u00a3450m spend will impact future transfer windows with Mohamed Salah knock-on effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adam Williams \u2013 Head of Football Finance and Governance Content for GRV Media \u2013 has now shared comments with TBR Football on what Liverpool fans can expect after a busy summer of spending.<\/p>\n

The Reds amazingly broke the British transfer record twice during a summer in which \u00a3450m was spent on players, as Arne Slot welcomed superstars like Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to Anfield.<\/p>\n

It was a fairly uncharacteristic window for Liverpool<\/a> \u2013 who often look to find bargains like the \u00a335m Alexis Mac Allister, for example \u2013 rather than splash significant fees on global stars.<\/p>\n

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Adam Williams<\/a> can now share how the immense recruitment drive will impact on Liverpool going forwards, with Mohamed Salah<\/a> potentially departing as a result.<\/p>\n

Exclusive: FSG not expected to oversee another window like this as Mohamed Salah could be sold<\/p>\n

It is testament to how well FSG have run Liverpool that this \u00a3450m spending spree could be financed purely by the club\u2019s cash, with the Reds being a self-sufficient outfit.<\/p>\n

However, it is not sustainable to act like this.<\/p>\n

Williams explains: \u201cThere are a few different factors we have to look at when considering how much Liverpool\u2019s spending might affect their future transfer business under FSG. There is:<\/p>\n

A) Squad strategyB) FSG\u2019s long-term exit planC) PSRD) Cash flow<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the squad, this was clearly a window which has seen them tool up for the next five years at the very least. There is still some work to do to fortify the defence, as the Marc Guehi saga<\/a> suggested. But in midfield and the forward line, they have got the core of the team sorted for the next era.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom FSG\u2019s point of view, and this ties into cash flow too, they probably haven\u2019t needed to put any money into the club to finance its summer business. I suspect Liverpool might have used their revolving credit facility, which is basically like a credit card or an overdraft. But they already had low transfer debt and the fees they\u2019ve received have tipped the scales significantly in terms of their net position too. So while I think cash will be low at the moment, I doubt that it has required external funding from FSG.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mention this because FSG have never once put money into the football side of the business. The club is entirely self-sufficient, in that sense. I don\u2019t think they plan to change that philosophy any time soon. I personally don\u2019t see another one of these mega transfer windows in their time at the club for a number of reasons, but mainly because they will want a clean balance sheet ahead of a potential exit in five to ten years time, when they eventually sell the club. That\u2019s just my personal instinct.<\/p>\n

\"FSGPhoto by Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of PSR, Liverpool have loads of room under the Premier League\u2019s rules. They\u2019ve added about \u00a390m in annual amortisation costs, but have removed a chunk as well, and that\u2019s before the \u2018pure profit\u2019 sales of academy graduates. Those \u2018pure profit\u2019 sales mean that UEFA\u2019s Squad Cost ratio rule, which limits spending on first-team wages and transfer-associated costs to 70% of revenue plus profit on player sales, is going to be quite comfortable too. I do think that\u2019s something they will be keeping a very close eye on in future though, given that amortisation plus wages is likely to be \u00a3500m-plus going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, in terms of cost control and their emphasis on value, I think it\u2019s very likely that Salah will be sold next summer while they can still get a good fee. It would be very, very unlike FSG to forego that opportunity, especially if the Saudi Pro League are still willing to pay big money for him. So all in all, I think we\u2019re going to continue to see the squad re-based in the next few windows, but it won\u2019t be anything like as dramatic as this summer. FSG have been planning this for several years, and they will surely be showing more restraint going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Liverpool were offered for Mohamed Salah last time Saudi Arabia came calling<\/p>\n

Back in September 2023, Liverpool were offered \u00a3150m by Al Ittihad for Salah \u2013 who was sad to see Harvey Elliott leave<\/a> for Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

The Egypt international was 31 at the time and had two years remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n

Now aged 33 and with the same amount of time left on his deal following an extension, Salah is arguably better than the player Liverpool were offered \u00a3150m to sell \u2013 having just won the PFA Player of the Year award after a season involving 34 goals and 23 assists in just 52 appearances.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Liverpool could now receive even more than \u00a3150m from Saudi Arabia for the Egyptian, in our opinion at least. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Williams \u2013 Head of Football Finance and Governance Content for GRV Media \u2013 has now shared comments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1725,218,12042,708,2227,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-117906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-english-premier-league","tag-football","tag-football-finance","tag-liverpool","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}