£116m Wasted: The Eight Players Liverpool Should Have Bought This Summer

Dejan Lovren £20m – Ron Vlaar £10m

Liverpool wanted to bring in a no-nonsense centre-back and forked out £20m for Croatian Dejan Lovren and it’s a move that thus far hasn’t looked all that smart.

Rodgers may have been better off bringing in Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar. Yes the Dutchman is a few years older but he would have cost half the price and was in superb form over the summer, playing a key role in his side’s run to the World Cup semi-finals.