Many will tell you how important the spine of a side is. Indeed without so many injuries, last season may have been all together different for Liverpool Football Club. Reina, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard and Torres represent a formidable spine, with the last three representing the major value of the playing squad.
Off the pitch Liverpool Football Club, in the financial year ending July 2009, made a loss of £14m. Now yes there were exceptional costs for offloading Parry and co. but the year also represented increased revenues from finishing second in the league and playing champions league football. In fact the club accounts state “A large part of the [turnover] increase is due to the higher broadcasting income as a result of the club challenging for the premier league title at the end of the 08/09 season.”
The Invincible Bastion of Liverpool FC 