I believe the same, but what makes you so certain that his mind was made up? What makes you so certain that he would have refused to come to Liverpool if we upped over Madrid’s bid just like Arsenal have upped over City’s? Its something I didn’t believe possible, but it has happened, so it makes me question if we tried hard enough.
See, all the while till now I’ve been letting these obscene fees thrown around pass by, believing that a well run club would not afford to do these things. But now we’ve been shown otherwise. 100+ million pound deals can be done by clubs that are still operating with an aim to be sustainable. Arsenal haven’t even won anything major yet, and still they’re capable of doing this. So, why are FSG unable to do them? Do they lack the required financial acumen?
Like I said, my only point is this: FSG have had a real star-aligning period in their fortunes for the last few years. In my eyes, they’ve not really maximised on what they could have achieved. Sure our club operates in a self sustainable way but we’ve forgotten a major thing. FSG will sell the club at some point, and they will reap at the very minimum ~700% of what they invested (I think 2 billion pounds is a fairly conservative estimate). With that sort of payout, I find it a bit hard to understand why they have been so risk averse (as Klopp himself admitted a while ago).
Even if they buy a 100 million “superstar” today, that very act could easily end up increasing the valuation of the club much more that the said amount, especially if we end up winning more silverware. I believe that is why Kroenke is going ahead with these deals too. Wouldn’t be surprised if he wants to put Arsenal on the bidding table in a few years, and wants to win a major trophy before he does that (to take the valuation up several notches).
Oh let it go mate! I was just triggered that these lot were getting Rice and blowing steam. Besides, to me as a Liverpool fan, Arsenal really is nothing, so I wasn’t exactly lying. 
