I'm sure Mainz are a mainstay on American television. And i'm sure you were an avid follower of all their games. Absolutely no scepticism on my part to either of those claims. Actually, I just lied... you just know that he came second in some daft poll don't you? Come on, we're all blues here, no need to pretend.
United's debt has never been £700m and is currently around £250m, so in effect not much greater than Liverpool despite having a far greater turnover.
FSG are bleeding Liverpool dry, Ian Ayre paid himself £1.2m last year lol. But stil, they've got the goalie who was the second best last year so it doesn't matter!
Chelsea, Madrid and Barcelona aren't owned by investors, that's the difference. Abramovich converted debt into equity as an FFP dodge. Which is also what Liverpool did, although it was also a covert way for FSG to bleed more money from Liverpool Plc. Which tends to go over most kopites heads.
Liverpool PLC are in the top 10 for debt. This is a massive cause for concern, the clubs 'ahead' of them can either cope more easily with the debt (united, arsenal) or they don't need to worry about it at all, like real Madrid, City and Chelsea).
I like your optimism re the new stand but there's been plenty of games with empty seats in recent years. They will struggle to sell it out most weeks.
Liverpool PLC made £59m in total from gate receipts last year. The new stadium is being funded with a £49m loan (at least) Even at a minimal interest rate it is difficult to see why you think it'll be paid off in 5 seasons.
FSG will be charging a higher interest rate than the bank (equity is dearer than debt remember), not sure how much they'll get for naming rights but it'll have to be quite a bit if they want to pay it off in 5 years.
In actuality it could take well over a decade, that's if they manage to sell it out.
If I was a kopite reading that I'd be worried. for a bit anyway, until i remembered we've bought a relegated midfielder for £25m and the second best German goalie of all time!!