Have we a net spend table since Klopp joined?
Coutinho payments certainly helped with that considering theyâd made a net spend profit the previous season. The âŹ142 million for Coutinho is famously credited with paying for Van Dijk (January 2018) and Allison (summer 2018).
what about the 35 million outlays on Oxlade and Salah? or the 50m on Keita and 40m on Fabinho in the same timeframe, what paid for those? FSG money? Right?
since then Liverpool have more spent net than Man City.
Selling a club captain hardly constitutes fluffing stats. It would be a colossal loss.
Crucial squad men like Mignolet (replaced by a free), Lovren (replaced by Ben Davies), and Ings (never replaced) were also sold to balance the books.
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Liverpool used shell companies to buy their unwanted players at rates way above the market rate.
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Donât forget dazzling young tyros like Jordan Ibe and Dominic Solanke.
I wouldnât be as quick to throw out accusations like that but the circumstantial evidence would suggest that not everything was above board with those.
Nobody was counter bidding, but itâs uncle Sam and good 'ol Liverpool⌠Look what the towel heads are doing though
Michael Edwards clearly played a lot of Championship Manager in his days as this was a well worn strategy whereby youâd take over another club and have then spend their budget on your duds and cast offs.
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Alex Ferguson was a master at it⌠give a young lad a few games when theyâd the league won. Sing his praises in every interview going and then flog him for 5 times his value. Pure unadulterated genius
No - they rewarded performances
They bought their success with hundreds of millions.
That they funded from player sales largely - unlike others at the top who can spunk what they want. Liverpool have to balance the books as best they can.
Player sales that have serious question marks over their legitimacy.
Balance the books, they have billionaire owners who clear their debts.
Manchester City are about to spend âŹ250 million on Grealish and Kane. Liverpool canât compete with such a splurge.
but their billionaire owners are nice
Kane is a carthorse. Be happy City arenât spending it on anyone decent.
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âserious questionsâ 
Liverpool set a price, clubs bought them - welcome capitalism 101
And 10 times less wealthy than Sheikh Mansour.
Yes Iâm sure those clubs really paid those fees.
Bit of creative accounting me thinks, the auditors of Liverpool have serious questions to answer.