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发表于 15-7-2011 12:53 AM
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Are Liverpool shelling out too much in transfer fees?
Luis Suarez - ￡22m.
Andy Carroll - ￡35m.
Jordan Henderson - ￡16m.
Charlie Adam - ￡7m.
Stewart Downing - ￡20m.
Since acquiring the club in October, FSG have spent over ￡100m in the transfer market.
With each transfer swoop though, comes stinging criticism. Following the news that Aston Villa have reluctantly agreed to sell Player of the Year Downing to the reds, I was greeted with the usual apathy towards the deal. “Good player, but far too much money” was the cry coming from rival fans. I heard the same thing last week when Adam was purchased, with even more when Henderson arrived. No doubt the same conversation will be had if King Kenny dips into the transfer funds again this summer.
￡20m is a huge fee, so do they have a point?
Firstly, there is no getting away from the fact that for the average person, ￡20m is a lot of money. But for the top teams in the country, ￡20m is a standard transfer fee. With the price of success so high, clubs have to speculate to accumulate. If Stewart Downing performs well and helps Liverpool regain their place in the Champions League, Liverpool will recoup the ￡20m and much, much more. If he fails, then ￡20m will be seen as too much. A fee can only be deemed too much or too high in hindsight.
Over the last 10-15 years, Liverpool have won their fair share of trophies. FA Cups, League Cups, UEFA Cup and of course, the biggest of them all, the European Cup, have all arrived. However, the League has still eluded the reds. One of the main reasons for this has been Liverpool’s reluctance to really spend big. But Rafael Benitez spent hundreds of millions is the familiar reply. He did, but he also managed to recoup alot of that. When I say spend big, I mean spend big on the right player.
In 2003, Liverpool scouts checked on Sporting Lisbon winger Cristiano Ronaldo. Impressed, Liverpool wanted to buy the Portuguese youngster, but were put off by the fee. Weeks later, Manchester United came in with a huge fee and Ronaldo ended up at Old Trafford. League titles followed, before Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid in a massive ￡90m deal.
Three years later, Liverpool were heavily linked with Sevilla’s promising right-sided player Dani Alves. Liverpool wanted to pay so much, Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido valued the Brazilian higher. Weeks of negotiations lead to nothing, so Liverpool switched their attentions to the cheaper Birmingham winger Jermaine Pennant. After a couple of seasons, it was clear Pennant wasn’t the answer and he was shipped on. In the meantime, Alves stayed another year at Sevilla before transferring to Barcelona. He is now one of the best right-back/right-sided players in the world.
The same mistakes were made with Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale and many others. Liverpool’s reluctance to spend big on the right player, meant the fall-back option had to be brought in. When that player was deemed not good enough, Liverpool were forced to sell and start their search over again, ultimately spending more money than they were previously unwilling to do.
Under FSG, Liverpool now have a clear transfer strategy. They have identified their targets and will do everything to get them. Of course, they will bide their time to pay as little as they can, but ultimately they would rather pay that little bit extra than miss out on the deal.
The fees paid out so far may be high, but they are all prices that John W Henry, Damien Comolli and Kenny Dalglish were willing to pay. They are the people who run our club. They are the people who know what direction we are heading. By criticising the transfer fees paid, people are criticising the judgement of the people in charge of our club. After the tumultuous reign of cowboys Hicks and Gillett, it is good to see Liverpool willing, and in a position to spend the cash. If this means ￡20m on Stewart Downing, then so be it. In Messrs Dalglish, Comolli and Henry we trust.
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