£133m Wasted: How Liverpool Should Have Spent Their Mammoth Summer Transfer War-Chest Instead

2) Xabi Alonso

The legendary Liverpool midfielder has proven already by his start with Bayern Munich that he’s still one of the very best central midfielders in Europe. He oozes class and guile, and was available this summer for only £6m. Would he have been willing to re-sign for Liverpool? We’ll never know…