The seven players the Reds SHOULD have signed in the summer, instead of the nine flops they actually brought in…
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Thanks to Champions League football and the £75m sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona, Liverpool had their biggest ever transfer budget to spend this summer.
Brendan Rodgers and his transfer committee splashed £133m on nine players: Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Mario Balotelli, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Divock Origi and Javier Manquillo.
Their awful start to the season has proved that most of that money was wasted, and thanks to the value of hindsight, we’ve outlined seven stars worth £113m they should have signed instead.
1) Bruno Martins Indi
The Dutch centre-back is far more of a natural defender than Dejan Lovren, and only cost Porto £6m from Feyenoord. A far more astute and value for money signing.
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…
3) Loic Remy
Liverpool plumped for Mario Balotelli instead, when they’d already agreed a contract with Remy, and agreed to meet his £8m buy-out clause from QPR. Remy works hard, is a more natural finisher, and is quicker over a short distance. Balotelli’s start to Anfield life proves just how poor a decision this one really was.
4) Fraser Forster
Southampton spent £11m on the rangy English keeper, who would have been a serious improvement on the error strewn Simon Mignolet. Forster would have jumped at the chance to move to Merseyside, although Liverpool fans wouldn’t be surprised if their club spent another insane transfer fee on a Southampton Englishman in the coming windows!
5) Filipe Luis
The Reds were crying out for a world-class left-back, and went for the talented but mostly unproven Alberto Moreno instead. Moreno hasn’t been brilliant yet for the Reds, and Luis would have provided a more naturally defensive and more experienced option. Instead, he joined Chelsea for £17m.
6) Cesc Fabregas
This transfer window was Liverpool’s chance to bring in seriously proven players of a top European pedigree. Fabregas was pining for a move back to the Premier League, and having finished above Chelsea last season, there seems no obvious reason as to why the brilliant Spaniard wouldn’t have signed for Liverpool had they poured their heart into his pursuit. Instead, they spent £26m on Adam Lallana.
7) Alexis Sanchez
This one isn’t really Liverpool’s fault. The Reds tried to secure the £35m Chilean phenomenon, but the former Barcelona man preferred to sign for Arsenal because of the London location. He’s already bagged more goals (10) this season than the entire Liverpool Premier League squad put together.
