Todd Boehly has beaten FSG to another mega deal but Liverpool is proof of the reality

Todd Boehly has beaten FSG to another mega deal but Liverpool is proof of the reality

Liverpool and Chelsea are run very differently, just as the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers are. FSG and Todd Boehly have very different transfer ideas.

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ByMatt AddisonLiverpool.com Editor
08:00, 15 DEC 2023
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Todd Boehly has not been shy of spending big while at Chelsea, but it is yet to pay off. (Image: Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
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In the UK, Shohei Ohtani was a relatively unknown figure until recently. This 29-year-old Japanese baseball sensation, however, has just signed the largest sports contract in history with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani’s jersey sales skyrocketed within the first 48 hours, surpassing those of football legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as reported by Fanatics, a global sports merchandising firm.

Ohtani, affectionately known as ‘Shotime’, is a three-time MLB All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. His popularity has transcended baseball at a time when the sport has been battling to draw attention from an American audience increasingly drawn to short-form content in sports consumption. Despite these challenges, Ohtani has inked a jaw-dropping 10-year contract with the Dodgers worth an impressive $700m (£553m).

Interestingly, Ohtani will only receive $2m (£1.58m) annually from this deal while the remaining $680m will be paid over 10 years after his contract expires, with the final payment due in 2044. This arrangement allows the Dodgers to spread Ohtani’s salary over two decades and limit its impact by amortizing his cost over an extended period.

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So how does this relate to Liverpool FC? The Dodgers are co-owned by Todd Boehly, an American entrepreneur who also owns Chelsea FC along with Clearlake Capital. Since Boehly and Clearlake took over Chelsea in May 2022 for $3.2bn (£2.5bn), they have spent over $1.3bn (£1bn) in the transfer market acquiring top young football talents.

To comply with Premier League profit and sustainability regulations, Chelsea offered contracts spanning seven to nine years to spread the guaranteed sum of transfer fees over a longer period. This move prompted the Premier League to introduce a rule limiting transfer fee amortization to five years, despite contract lengths being allowed to exceed this.

Boehly’s Chelsea beat Liverpool in securing both Moisés Caicedo, who signed an eight-year deal, and Roméo Lavia. However, Chelsea’s struggles on the pitch this season have been significant, and they currently sit 12th in the league, trailing leaders Liverpool by 18 points.

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This isn’t the first time that Liverpool’s owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), have faced Boehly. In 2020, FSG’s Boston Red Sox traded their star player Mookie Betts to the Dodgers due to financial constraints. The Red Sox were also interested in acquiring Ohtani this off-season, The Athletic reported, but found his wage deferral deal too risky.

While Boehly has once again outmaneuvered FSG in player recruitment, it remains to be seen how this will translate into competitive success in MLB. In contrast, the Premier League has yet to see successful results from Chelsea’s aggressive spending strategy. With Liverpool leading the Premier League after a more measured and thoughtful spending approach, FSG may ultimately have the last laugh in this high-stakes competition.

Liverpool.com says: While Boehly loves a gamble in the transfer market, FSG tends to play safer. Given what has happened to Liverpool and Chelsea recently, there is little evidence for why the Reds should change their ways. The reality is that spending and lavish contracts do not always equate to success.

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This article was crafted with the help of AI tools, based on a piece first written by Dave Powell for the Liverpool ECHO. You can read the original piece by clicking here. A Liverpool.com news editor reviewed this content before it was published. You can report any errors to matt.addison@reachplc.com.

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Jurgen Klopp revealed that his half-time double substitution in Liverpool’s loss against Royal Union Saint-Gilloise was always planned.

The Reds were defeated 2-1 by the Belgian side, having already moved into the Europa League knockout stage before the game. Klopp fielded a youthful side who struggled to find rhythm although the result mattered little. Jarell Quansah bagged his first goal for the club in the first period.

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Liverpool are top of the Premier League and have crunch games against Manchester United and Arsenal approaching. As a result, Ibrahima Konate and Wataru Endo were both withdrawn at the break against Union and replaced by Joe Gomez and Ryan Gravenberch respectively. Asked what his thinking behind starting Konate was at his post-match press conference, Reds manager Klopp said: “We just wanted to share the intensity.

“Do I want to play Joe Gomez 90 or Ibou 90 if we had the chance to do that? [I decided] 45 and 45, the same in midfield. These changes were planned before the game, independent of the result. We just tried to give it a go. It was clear that Jarell if he could play through then he would play through. That was the thinking behind it.”

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