Liverpool have spent approx €400mn in 3 transfer window. Cant complain for not spending anymore. I think they finish 4th after Caicedo arrival. Their squad is still thin and have europa league to deal with.
Liverpool are a mess
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in 2016 I'd have never paid over a fiver for a pint of lager, that ship has sailed, 7 years is a long time, especially the way football prices have inflated.
Yes, but you probably wouldn't have made that claim publicly just because you were bitter someone else in the bar had done it.
Yeah, they tend to get their recruitment spot on. I think they'll be back challenging City this year.
They have little midfield depth with only Jones, Elliot, Bajetic and Thiago. Three young players who haven't looked like world class talents and a perpetually injured player.
Also, Szoboszlai is not that good a player. Spending 100m plus on one player in midfield is mad considering their lack of quality depth.
Also, Szoboszlai is not that good a player. Spending 100m plus on one player in midfield is mad considering their lack of quality depth.
ha, I actually use to always say it, being a grumpy old git, now I draw the line at £6, that's life. The fact £50m was brought in for two midfielders who were spent in the PL definitely makes it easier to justify
No. Why?
Stop going over the top ffs.
Klopp is lucky bastard. Lost Lavia because of few mil and then got Caicedo who is twice the player.Op don’t gone and fecked upIf they sign Caicedo they’d have arguably done better business than us altogether this window. They lucked out with the Saudis taking Fabinho and
So they’ve spent over £200 million on 3 midfielders. Don’t ever let me hear that narrative that Liverpool ‘punch above their weight’ and ‘can’t compete with the big boys’. What with Arsenal splurging £105 million on Rice too, our one addition in midfield looks very feeble now.
2016 is not 1998 though, in fact only one year later a player was signed for €222m. Also, £89m is not £110m, it's almost 25% more. They are similar amounts all things considered, no matter how you want to spin it. And yes, Klopp is very obviously a massive whinging hypocrite, but we already knew that.
Klopp loves spending money. Well pressure right back on them, must challenge, and run City very close now.
Funny you say that. Have they upgraded in that department.
So fee is 127 mil euros? Straight cash? From 100 mil which Brighton wanted to 127 mil. Bloody hell
It helps when you can take turns fleecing Barcelona and the Saudis for your caste offs.
Will be a great signing but a messy transfer pursuit for a DM. Spent ages counting pennies for Lavia only to fork out a huge late bid for Caidedo. It will probably work out for them but still a bit of a mess...of sorts
From "Liverpool are a mess" to "Liverpool are title contenders" in space of few hours.
I think it’s fair to say they’ve finally spent all the Coutinho money.
Depth is so overrated. Outside of Guardiola, all other managers play the same XI week-in week-out where possible.
If you think Liverpool are looking hot shit, they’re currently 7/1 to win the league on Skybet. Personally think those odds will collapse once they win a few games, so worth a tenner now.
Are they using City's accountants or something to make this work? They don't have CL, but splurge like this. That's after spending 100m+last year too, most of that on a squad player.
Bellingham actually cost less than Caicedo. So they whole “we couldn’t afford him” was obviously BS. He just didn’t want to go there, thank god he didn’t want to go to to Liverpool, Caicedo is decent but not on the level of Bellingham
I think they’ve had a better couple of windows than we have.
If I was given the choice in January of Mount & Hojlund or Caicedo & Gakpo then I would definitely have gone with the latter.
Depressing news
If I was given the choice in January of Mount & Hojlund or Caicedo & Gakpo then I would definitely have gone with the latter.
Depressing news
This post aged rather fast
Haha, definitely not among my finer moments here. It's on me for believing Klopp when he said he'd never pay this sort of money for one player.
We're not mounting a title challenge this season, we don't have enough firepower and our midfield is severely imbalanced.
If you remove Salah from their team they become average.
I think we should hope for a bad season from him.
Nevertheless they have completely rebuit their midfield in a window.
They will be a threat this season
I think we should hope for a bad season from him.
Nevertheless they have completely rebuit their midfield in a window.
They will be a threat this season
So, Liverpool spend £200m this year, £120m 2022/23, miss out on CL for 23/24 and struggled in comps in 22/23 which hits revenue. While their annual reports for 21/22 shows debt increasing and cash decreasing.
I'm looking forward to seeing the next 2 years accounts
I'm looking forward to seeing the next 2 years accounts
I would have taken Caicedo in a heartbeat, but another forward who is best coming from the left is absolutely not what we needed and I'm happy we got Hojlund instead.
They also spent about £30m more on those two combined. It does helps when you get a nice helping hand from Saudi Arabia paying ridiculous sums for your dead wood in order to finance those kind of deals.
We had it for many years - miss out on CL and spend a shit ton to get back in it. However, knowing that lot, FSG will just sell to Qatar when the going gets tough.
Judging players before they’ve even kicked a ball for either club?
Meanwhile one club is in EL and the other in CL
Net spend champions yet again
The point being their revenue model is, in part, based on on field success. Our is more proportionately based on sponsorship, so their lack of success over several seasons should hit them very hard.
I mean, Pep has won 5 out of the last 6 titles, so it does seem to work.
Net spend < 50m last year, as usual (no, I don't think that's a positive. It reflects terribly on FSG).
I reckon we're spending more this season because six midfielders leaving (seven if you include Carvalho on loan) and being replaced by three (with two of the midfield group being below 20) has opened up some leeway in our wage packet.
They have rebuilt it in on paper, let's see if they have rebuilt it on the pitch.
I love "Net Spend" since Moh on AFTV used to brandish it like a suit of noble armour in a sea of rampant profligacy and financial chaos.
Net spend last year 22/23, but you're considering the decrease in perfomance based revenue e.g. need to do well in competitions. Yes, i acknowledge net for a few season was 50m.. The point being, you don't have more, you have less coming in and more going out..
It's a shame for them Klopp will be gone well before these players peak. Then the new manager will start the rebuild all over again!