We fought for the club but they’ve let us down
We all fought for Liverpool and were proud of the club but now they’ve let us down. Where do we go from here?
The BBC has reported that Liverpool has placed all non-playing staff on furlough and will take advantage of the government scheme that allows all business to let staff claim 80% of their salary from the UK taxpayer.
After clubs like Newcastle and Tottenham did the same, they were rightly criticised and we all thought ourselves lucky that we didn’t support such morally bankrupt clubs.
Jurgen Klopp had already spoken eloquently and passionately about the subject, while Jordan Henderson had tried to get all the Premier League captains together to organise a crisis fund to help the NHS.
But then the Liverpool hierarchy took this decision and it’s blown the wind out of all of our sails.
They’ve been hammered by everyone, including club legends like Jamie Carragher and Didi Hamann, and their actions have left a sour taste in our mouths.
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What they did is legal – let’s make that clear – but legality and morals are two separate strands of life. The argument that all business, even giants like McDonald’s and Starbucks, are using the furlough scheme shouldn’t come into consideration either. We’re not looking at this issue of Liverpool in a wider context, we’re looking at it – and the club – through a narrow context of players wages and cuts vs ordinary staff members.
The point has been made that Liverpool should be congratulated for topping up their wages so that they don’t miss out, but that shouldn’t be used to praise the club. It feels your best mate nicking your lass off you and telling you not to worry because you’ll still see her down the pub every Friday night.
This football club is supposed to be a socialist outfit. It’s supposed to look after their people – the little guys – the people who just have football to look forward to. This position sides them with the millionaires and the billionaires out there and I thought we were better than this.
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The people of Liverpool have fought for this club and now they’ve let us down. It feels like a decision thats out of touch with the public reality and it’s terrible PR.