- Aug 22, 2017
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Comparing our transfers with Liverpools is unfair as you highlight. They are financially in a different world to us. We have to play a game in the window one notch lowerThe €180m (***) that Liverpool have spent this year are all “jury still out”.
Otherwise we have ...
Successes
Van Dijk* - we can’t afford a player for that much
Salah*
Robertson
Mane*
Wijnaldum
Firmino*
Gomez
Milner
Jury still out
Ox
Clyne
Failures
Karius
Klaven
Benteke*
Ings
Grujic
Bogdan
Liverpool do have a really good hit rate - particularly with expensive signings. Benteke is the only failure.
* The stars represent signings that are more expensive than our record. There are 8 of them over the past 3 seasons. That highlights the fact they are in a different league financially to us (with the rest of the top 6). Remove the starred players and their record looks like ours!
Props to Liverpool who have the best record in the league with signings - very astute. But they have spent a huge amount on 8 occasions which is something we simply cannot afford to do!