Finance guru: Liverpool sacrificing their 'integrity' as controversial new talks begin
Liverpool would not lose out financially if the League Cup is scrapped or scaled back – but they would be sacrificing their integrity.about the mooted revamp of English football’s second-biggest cup competition.reported on Monday that England’s elite clubs are mulling over plans to scrap FA Cup replays and retrench their commitment to the League Cup.
Teams competing in Europe would either not participate in the competition or field a youth side under the terms of the proposals. Liverpool, who won the League Cup in 2021-22, are no strangers to putting out a weakened team in the early rounds of the competition. Plumley claims that giving the option to engage even less with the League Cup would violate its integrity.“In those earlier rounds of the competition, Liverpool aren’t fussed because it’s competing in Champions League group stage matchesFielding an under-21 side gives them an in to the competition, but I don’t think it does much for the competition’s integrity.