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Liverpool FC 2016/17: A Kloppalypse Now

Seems a fair result.

Chuffed for LFC but (like Arsenal) they should have done a lot better. Still back in the CL, so (alongside Klopp and the club) that is a strong drawer for new players.
 
Four months in the life of Ian Ayre:

February 3rd:

Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre will leave the club at the end of February to join German second-division side 1860 Munich.

The 53-year-old has spent 10 years at Anfield, joining the club in 2007 as commercial director and being added to the club's board of directors in 2009.

In 2011 he became managing director and was made chief executive in 2013.

"This has always been more than just a job for me because of the emotional connection with the place," said Ayre.

He initially announced his plans to leave in March last year, and has since played a pivotal role in the restructuring of a number of senior leadership roles at the club.

Ayre acknowledged second-tier 1860 Munich were not currently among the "biggest or best" teams in Germany, but said the club "undoubtedly belongs back in the Bundesliga".

"There is enormous potential to improve this state of affairs," he added.

June 3rd:

Former Bundesliga team 1860 Munich face demotion to Germany’s fourth or fifth tier after failing to meet a deadline for a third-division licence.

1860 were due to make a payment of reportedly €5m to €10m to the German football federation for the licence by Friday afternoon, but financial backer Hasan Ismaik said through his company HAM that he wasn’t prepared to pay it because 1860 “refuses to make necessary changes to solve the many issues facing the club”. Ismaik, a Jordanian billionaire who owns 60% of 1860, was the club’s only hope of meeting the payment deadline.

1860 were relegated from Germany’s second division on Tuesday after a play-off defeat to Jahn Regensburg, a team who were playing fourth-tier football the season before.

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1860, who won the Bundesliga in 1966 and played in the top flight as recently as 2004, returned to the third level for the first time in 24 years, but Friday’s missed deadline means it will drop even further. 1860’s under-21, under-19, under-17 and under-16 teams were also relegated this season.

:facepalm:
 
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