Tommy Smith: Standard Chartered deal signals new start for Liverpool FC

Sep 16 2009

By Tommy Smith, Liverpool Echo

YOU can’t help but be seriously impressed at the new shirt deal Liverpool have just pulled off. £80m over four years is an enormous amount of money and, like every fan, I just hope Rafa Benitez gets to see of much of it as possible. The deal with Standard Chartered Bank is something of a cushion for us over the next few years. The new MD at Anfield, Christian Purslow and Commecial Director Ian Ayre deserve congratulations for bringing some serious cash in to the club. Full story at Liverpool Echo website - click here