January Transfer Window 2018 Nembo trying to bore us to death again

myboyblue · January 9, 2018, 12:41pm

It was well intended. It’ll be a huge feather in Liverpools cap to take that 4th place trophy.

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 12:42pm

That’s excellent research by your good self. Liverpool have surely regressed badly in these two years? Can you confirm?

farmerinthecity · January 9, 2018, 12:54pm

Is this purely transfer fee related?

It must include Coutinho who has just left. Klopp bought Mane, Salah and Oxalde Chamberlain for around 115m-120m in total. Then Van Dijk at 75m and you’re close to the 200 million mark.

The only other large fee out I can recall is Benteke at around 30m, Sakho maybe.

Unless they are including Sterling but he left under Rodgers?

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 1:00pm

https://www.anfield-online.co.uk/stats/jurgen-klopp-lfc-transfer-signings.html

farmerinthecity · January 9, 2018, 1:04pm

It is pretty selective to make this comparison days after the club received the second biggest transfer fee ever for a player and haven’t yet spent the money.

TheUlteriorMotive · January 9, 2018, 1:05pm

All stats are a point in time

TheUlteriorMotive · January 9, 2018, 1:05pm

myboyblue · January 9, 2018, 1:05pm

Ah thats hilarious. Carry on guys, you’re doing a great job.

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 1:18pm

Klopp’s net spend was zero at the end of last season, his first full season. They finished fourth. If he buys no one else this window then he will be in the black at the end of two seasons. It’ll be an incredible achievement if they finish 4th again. I don’t think they will. Coutinho was playing well and was supplying Salah and Firminho. Losing Coutinho and possibly Firminho for a spell will be big blows. He hasn’t addressed the problems at the back but he’s started. Rodgers, at one point had the most expensively assembled set of defenders in club football* and they were still pretty shit. I think you need to give Klopp more time to sort the defence out.

*Open to correction.

Cicero_Dandi · January 9, 2018, 1:35pm

KOKs.

Mullach_Ide · January 9, 2018, 1:44pm

It would be interesting to compare net transfer spends with income and profit.
Net spend ffs, that’s for pauper clubs.

farmerinthecity · January 9, 2018, 1:50pm

It was previously said that its was much riskier for Man Utd to buy Roy Keane for £3.75m in 1993 than it was to buy Paul Pogba for £100m in 2016 due to the difference in profitability levels in both time frames.

But then again Keane performed to an extremely high level and represented value for money.

TheUlteriorMotive · January 9, 2018, 1:55pm

You have a very low threshold if that is interesting.

A better word might be informative.

the_man_himself · January 9, 2018, 2:48pm

What is your opinion on Liverpool doing even less to keep Coutinho under Klopp than the effort they put into keeping Suarez under Rodgers?

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 2:58pm

… and we’re off

Julio_Geordio · January 9, 2018, 3:16pm

FSG milking the club for all it’s worth

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 3:26pm

Don’t forget indebtedness.

Mullach_Ide · January 9, 2018, 4:00pm

Indeed and cash in hand.

mikehunt · January 9, 2018, 4:06pm

Dividends to the Glazers.

myboyblue · January 9, 2018, 4:08pm

You’ve all got pretty wives at home guys.