I think you are a bit behind the times ... other clubs did enquire about Pereira, including Arsenal at one stage - but we are no longer paupers and our owners are prepared to pay the going rate and transfer fees necessary to bring quality players in ... and in this mercenary football world of today, that counts as much on occasion as which club they choose to go to.
You may kid yourself that players choose Liverpool because of the name and history ... but that's mostly bollocks ... players with trophiy winning ambition in mind would turn Liverpool down in favour of Manchester or London if that were the case.... it's mainly the money honey
We may be relative 'new kids on the block' but we are now the 19th most valuable brand in world football ... that's a meteoric rise by any stretch of the imagination and the players we are now attracting reflect that.
Like John I'm very happy with the transfer busines we have done so far - we seem to be addressing those areas where we have been crying out for more quality in.