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Kieran Maguire: FSG 'irritated' by multi-million pound Liverpool blow
Liverpool will lose around £750,000 per match at Anfield while the stadium is forced to run at reduced capacity.
That is the view of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider about the cost of the delays to the Anfield Road expansion.
As reported by the Liverpool Echo, the Merseyside club are set to be without their extended Anfield Road stand until 2024.
The club’s £80million project faced delays after constructors, the Buckingham Group, filed for administration.
The expansion will eventually grow capacity at Anfield to around 61,000, but until construction is complete Jurgen Klopp’s side will be roared on by a reduced crowd.
Maguire believes Liverpool will lose millions because the Reds will have multiple matches with reduced capacity, but insists the smaller crowd will have no impact on Anfield’s atmosphere.
“I think it’s a frustration more than anything else,” Maguire told Football Insider’s Sean Fisher.
“FSG are ultra professional in the way they set out to do things, but they couldn’t have anticipated the contractors going into administration and leading to this delay.
“It’s probably gonna cost them somewhere in the region of £750,000 per match in lost revenue.
“So you can understand the frustration there.
“That would cover a few players’ wages so therefore I think they’ll be irritated.
“But at the same time, if ever there was an ownership group who didn’t count their chickens before they hatched, it’s FSG.
“They are ultra cautious so they wouldn’t have banked on any money this season from the expansion.
“As for the on-pitch concerns, Liverpool fans will create noise whether there’s six of them or 60,000 of them.
“So, I can’t see that being an issue.”
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