Oh no, it'll make a big difference. It's impossible for us to sign Erkisen's quality because other teams can and will pay double the wages for that. But with CL our net spend will stay at zero. We'll reinvest in both a younger replacement and new options elsewhere e.g. CM and RB. Without CL you can expect us to go into next season with the same, painfully insufficient squad as now but with KWP instead of Trippier, Grealish instead of Eriksen and no Alderweireld. Whatever you think of Levy it's impossible for the club to lose £100m and not be massively worse off for it. That's just economic reality.
Which is why we desperately need investment, and therefore desperately need 4th. I know Son's had a good season, but him, Foyth and Dier today is borderline unforgiveable. Between them, they've put the future prospects of the whole club at huge risk completely needlessly.
We created enough chances to win 5-0 today. If we’d kept 11 players on the pitch we’d have been fine.
Mmm, coinciding with a threadbare, shatteted squad. Imagine if we’d been ambitious enough to spend enough to get the couple of players in the summer that could have eased us into CL qualification by now and perhaps given us a greater shot at beating Ajax. Liverpool went from 75 points last season to where they are now because they invested over a couple of windows and we’re now choking like a gimp that’s been locked in a cellar and forgotten about. Denying lack of investment is just burying your head in the sand
But we didn't. And both the players who cost us that were bought by Poch and coached by Poch.
