Nothing is quite as divisive amongst Liverpool supporters these days as the question of how to assess FSG’s ownership of the club.

To date, their tenure has been mildly disappointing for most; despite finally getting a new stand, Tom Werner’s infamous ‘we can compete for anyone’ quote has left fans feeling let down as a string of big names have gone elsewhere in recent times.

As FSG near their seven-year anniversary as custodians of LFC, the Anfield ship has been steadied rather than storming off along the waves to sink the battleships of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea in a blaze of fire, like some sort of footballing Euron Greyjoy.

This summer, similar to the amount of winged beasts Daenarys owns, the number three seems to be a recurring theme.

For Liverpool fans in this window, there are three clear camps: FSG Out, FSG In, and Let’s See On September The 1st.

The club has frustratingly become involved in three protracted transfer sagas; The Vigil for Virgil, Nein to Naby and now Barcelona have come calling in their bi-annual attempt to get our best South American player on the cheap.

‘More Than Just A Club’, yeah right lads, that one got old when you sold out to Qatar; paid Neymar’s Dad enough to cover the UK’s Brexit bill, started copying Real’s ‘Galactico’ strategy and gave players like Coutinho and Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele a template for how to try and force a move to the Nou Camp.

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I wouldn’t have seen Phil as the type to throw his toys out of the pram and agitate for a move, and I originally thought his ‘sore back’ had come at a rather inauspicious time.

Having given him the benefit of the doubt and thinking he wasn’t ‘like that’, however, Coutinho has shown us all how nobody has any loyalty in football these days – handing in a transfer request despite assuring Jurgen Klopp only a few weeks ago that he didn’t want to leave – oh, and not forgetting he only signed a new long-term deal six months ago!

Yet now apparently, we are being unreasonable rejecting two below-market-value offers for him (typical Barcelona) and what looked like his father-son relationship with Jurgen was all a sham and the German was actually more like an evil stepdad, regularly substituting poor Phil late on in games when he was knackered and moving him into a more influential deeper role.

Terrible treatment, I’m sure we all agree.

Jurgen has been emphatic in his assertion that the Brazilian is not for sale, so hopefully this proves to be the case.

The move for van Dijk appears to be slowly rumbling to a conclusion and despite Southampton’s protestations, you have to imagine that if we offer £60/70m including around £10m of ‘sorry’ money that a deal gets done. It makes no sense at all for them to hang on to a diminishing asset if he is prepared to sit in the stands until January, by which time his value would probably halve.

The courting of Keita seemed over only a week ago despite the astounding racially-questionable comments Leipzig management made about him; but large bets suddenly being placed on it happening and indiscreet estate agents suggesting he is buying a house have re-ignited the possibility of a move.

Or alternatively, Keita has merely been attracted by the 6.8% increase in Liverpool property values over the past year and is making an investment. Fortunately, it won’t be too long until we find out about that one either, once and for all.

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These three sagas will shape Liverpool’s 2017/18 season, and it’s not exaggerating to say they will define FSG’s ownership too. Will they finally spend big with the ultimate goal in sight, or fall at the final hurdle and have to issue another embarrassing apology, this time to their own fans?

If we can get at least one of the VVD/Keita signings over the line (VVD is clearly the more vital of the two; Keita would be icing on the cake) and hold onto Phil for another season, that would look like a very good summer overall.

Assuming van Dijk would cost upwards of £60m; we’d have broken our transfer record twice, signed two promising young players who will be around the first team in Dominic Solanke and Andy Robertson, added real pace and goals with Mo Salah and finally got ourselves a true leader at the heart of our defence (hopefully van Dijk would prove better than the last defensive leader we thought we were getting from Southampton).

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FSG seem to be prepared to spend this summer and back Jurgen financially. However, are some of the people they have employed to negotiate transfer deals letting them down? The distinction won’t exist for the majority of fans, and FSG will rightly be held accountable for how this summer ultimately pans out.

Daenarys and her dragons would have nothing on the wrath of LFC Twitter and the fanbase at large if we fail to sign either VVD or Keita and end up selling Phil.

Three weeks to go, the clock is ticking…