They won't give a monkeys about net spend. They just won't pay players that are not part of the managers plans, they just cannot see the point of it. If they aren't out on the pitch, they are no use to the club. There is a few there that aren't on loan ie David Amoo and Nathan Eccleston, but they would exactly be on hgh wages, and they play for the reserves. Liverpools reserves is effectively last years under 18 team with the exception of Adam Morgan who is only 16 and is plying his trade with the under 18s as well as making appearances for the reserve side. A decent number of Liverpools current under 18 side graduated from the under 16s.
Yet as I've stated, we've had a net loss of £32.4m this transfer window, and our revenue is MUCH larger than £33m
he's class and from what I've read, we wanted first refusal (not granted) for him as part of the Cole deal. Hopefully the fact that we negotiated a very favourable dealwith Liles for Cole will mean they will give us a shout when Hazard is available. January is likely too soon though unless they are out of the CL by then.
Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor Iffy on whether they would be out by then, but It basically up to CSKA and Lille on who wants to go on...
Nice read that ZL, you make some very good points, and the others on this thread as well... I just find it hard now that to justify the cost/value of a player now a days its all, 'well he cost so much, such a body cost less/more...' What we should look at first is is that player going to make our team/squad any better...??? Then the value of a player can be talked about after. But football is a buisness and your right to compete at the top you have to savvy at all times and justify the cost/value of a player... As it happens this squad now is in far better shape than the same time as last year by far. It prob needs a little help in certain areas but there is no mistaking it, Liverpool are going in the right direction on the pitch and, for the 1st time in a very long time, off it as well... Top 4 here we come...!!!
They were smart, they've consolidated and brought in players that will do well in the league. Using a mix of youth and experience in the League Cup and FA will ensure that we have youth for the future getting ready to be in the 1st team over the next 5 years. We don't have europe so we didn't need the size of squad that we have needed, and by using younger players and training them well, only a few big name (i.e. Hazard, Higuain) type signings are needed for next season when we're back in the CL. It will also be easier to get such players as we'll be in the CL. This is a road map to on-going and continued success and was well played by all involved.
No, because we haven't spent £93.6m yet that's wages over an average of 4 years. We've actually spent £32.4m.
Lol, I know, I'm just yanking your chain Tho' I think comparing wages over the full length of the respective contracts is a bit odd, as they are all for different lengths of time. In fact, if you compare the annual wages of the new arrivals (£32.9 million per year) with the wages of the leavers (£32.8 million per year) it indicates that your wage bill hasn't really moved at all since January. Which I guess is probably a good think from the Liverpool point of view, given the "quality" of the players you have gotten rid of
However, as there is no meaningful average contract term either for Liverpool or the Premiership then the analysis over the life of the contract is probably the only true indicative figure.
