FSG luck is out as grand Liverpool plan suffers another FAILURE

FSG have suffered another setback in their attempts to 'grow' Liverpool football club. Is it bad luck or bad choices?

Liverpool have reached the top of football under FSG - no one can deny that. That doesn't necessarily mean everyone supports their decisions, however.

There was the attempt to copyright 'Liverpool', of course, and their push for the European Super League. The apology after that debacle wasn't exactly well-received, either.

There have been questions about their actual determination to push Liverpool to the top, too. Certainly, Jürgen Klopp never received the financial backing as manager that he could have under other owners.

Still, on the whole, progress has been very good and Liverpool have grown. FSG's next plan to grow the club, though, isn't going well no matter how you look at it.

Is that bad luck or simply poor decisions?

The multi-club model

Liverpool are attempting to join in on the multi-club model, much as Manchester City and Chelsea ‘pioneered’ at the top level. The idea is that the ownership group buys multiple clubs and uses them to support one another.

Find a young player who need game time but won’t get it at your top club? Send him elsewhere and if he develops correctly, he can effortlessly move to where you want him.

Need guaranteed loans for young players? Send them to one of the other clubs - they can’t exactly say no.

Now, there are questions over the morals of such a system. Fans of other clubs don’t actually enjoy being just feeder clubs for a bigger team. They can put up with it while they win but there’s a clear ceiling there.

It’s a path that will only lead to a small group of clubs controlling an awful lot of power across world football. Not exactly a bright future but FSG clearly feel they’ll be left behind if they don’t join in.

However, their attempts to do so keep on failing. They pushed forward on Bordeaux but that deal collapsed. As did the one for Malaga. Now they’ve failed to justify buying Getafe for financial reasons, per Marca - FSG can afford to buy the club but they don’t see a way to actually grow them.

So what’s the plan here? FSG brought several people into high-profile positions in order to facilitate their move into multi-club ownership but seem unable to find the right club. Does that club even exist?

It’s completely unclear what FSG actually want from their plan. They want an established club with potential but also need growth to be easy-enough to attain. We’re not sure that club will be found at a decent price.

But if the worry is that Liverpool will be left behind without being a part of a group, something needs to change. Clearly.

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