Adam Leitch talks about the shenanigans at Anfield.

WHAT a mess Liverpool are in. The new owners have refinanced their loans to buy the club but have tied some of the debt to the club, undermined their manager by speaking to potential successors behind his back and in turn his team have pretty much played themselves out of the title race.
In fact it’s now a struggle for them to even qualify for the Champions League by finishing fourth in the Premiership. All this from what was meant to be such a
promising season. It just goes to show that in these money-driven days in football you have to be careful what you wish for.
Even the biggest clubs with the proudest traditions, and Liverpool are certainly among them, need major money to
compete with the big boys. So along come a couple of Americans with big promises of what they can do.
They are welcomed with open arms, finally supporters think here are the people that can allow us to compete with Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal and get us to challenge for the title. You would imagine that everything was in place and everything checked and double checked and triple checked.
But once they’re in the door it turns out that far from dreams being answered they need a refinancing and the club end up with some of the debt for their purchase tied to them. Man United have gone through something similar, though their pulling power as the richest club in the world helps them to overcome any problems. Plus they have the best manager about.
Now Liverpool fans are talking about trying to raise the money to buy the club themselves. It all should sound a warning to fans down this neck of the woods. Everybody is desperate for money to come into Saints to help them get back to the top flight and preferably compete with
the very best. But you need to think long and hard over
whether an offer is in the best interests of the club,
otherwise you can end up selling your soul and paying
for the privilege.