The business of football - your chance to ask the experts

Football in 2009 is, whether fans like it or not, more than just a sport. It is big, big business.

Everton and Liverpool have to compete in the Premier League against teams funded by some of the wealthiest people in the world, and that means matching them in multi-million pound transfer deals and eye-watering salaries for players.

Our clubs have great traditions on the football field, but in the future their skills in the world of high finance are going to be tested just as strenuously if they are to stay at the pinnacle of the game.

Join us on Wednesday as we throw the business of football under the spotlight in a live television debate.

Robert Elstone, chief executive of Everton Football Club, will be joining us in our TV studio to answer your questions on the business of football, alongside football finance expert Professor Tom Cannon, and LDP Head of Sport John Thompson.

Business Editor Bill Gleeson will be chairing the discussion and putting your questions to our panel.

You can send your questions now to [email protected]

Log in to this website from 10am on Wednesday to discuss the issues and put your questions, and to watch the live TV discussion which begins at noon.