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[Raza]

Barcelona signed Paco Alcacer.

[Raza]

Jack Wilshere is supposedly going out on loan? Didn't Joel Campbell also get loaned? Since when is Arsenal's squad so deep they can be giving away their midfielders? Gnabry is going out on loan too.

And Chambers is going on loan too? Has Wenger lost his mind!? If there's one place they have no depth, it's in their back line.

[93EXCivic]

Jack Wilshere is supposedly going out on loan? Didn't Joel Campbell also get loaned? Since when is Arsenal's squad so deep they can be giving away their midfielders? Gnabry is going out on loan too.

And Chambers is going on loan too? Has Wenger lost his mind!? If there's one place they have no depth, it's in their back line.

It seems like they have 12 million midfielders and zero backup strikers or defenders.

[Raza]

It seems like they have 12 million midfielders and zero backup strikers or defenders.

They've got one now. Lucas Perez. 17 goals and 8 assists at Deportivo last season, but only a 7.1 rating. With a good team behind him, he might be more involved, and he'll need to be at Arsenal.

[Steppy]

Protests being held outside Melwood (liverpools training complex) for the next 2 days. They want FSG out. It has long been felt that the American owners have no interest in progressing LFC's fortunes on the pitch or financing it, merely they are only interested in maximising profit and selling the club for profit at a future date.

I am not swayed either way, but the figures below don't lie, they show LFC don't spend a lot of new money, in terms of transfers LFC have only spent £37m in the last 3 seasons.


2014/15

Players IN:
Rickie Lambert – Forward – Southampton – £4m
Emre Can – Midfielder – Bayer Leverkusen – £10m
Adam Lallana – Midfielder – Southampton – £25m
Lazar Markovic – Forward – Benfica – £20m
Dejan Lovren – Defender – Southampton – £20m
Divock Origi – Forward – Lille – £10m
Javier Manquillo – Right-back – Atletico Madrid – Loan
Alberto Moreno – Left-back – Sevilla – £12m
Mario Balotelli – Forward – AC Milan – £16m

Spent: £117m

Players OUT:
Luis Suarez – Barcelona – £75m
Conor Coady – Huddersfield £375k
Pepe Reina – Bayern Munich – £2m
Martin Kelly – Crystal Palace – £2m
Kris Peterson – FC Utrecht – NA
Jack Robinson – QPR – £1m
Daniel Agger – Brondby – £3m
Kristian Adorjan – Novara Calcio – NA
Suso – AC Milan – £4m

Received: £87.375m

2015/16

Players IN:
James Milner – Man City – Free
Danny Ings – Burnley – £5m
Adam Bogdan – Bolton – Free
Joe Gomez – Charlton – £3.5m
Roberto Firmino – Hoffenheim – £29m
Nathaniel Clyne – Southampton – £12.5m
Christian Benteke – Aston Villa – £32.5m
Marko Grujic – Red Star Belgrade £5.1m
Steven Caulker – QPR – Loan

Spent: £87.1m

Players OUT:
Iago Aspas – Sevilla – Unknown (loan made permanent, then sold to Celta Vigo)
Sebastian Coates – Sunderland – £2m
Javier Manquillo – Atletico Madrid (loan terminated early)
Raheem Sterling – Man City – £49m
Rickie Lambert – West Brom – £3m
Rafael Paez – AD Alcorcon – N/A
Fabio Borini – Sunderland – £8m
Received: £62m

2016/17

Joel Matip – Schalke – Free
Loris Karius – Mainz – £4.7m
Sadio Mane – Southampton – £30m
Ragnar Klavan – Augbsurg – £4.2m
Alex Manninger – Free Contract
Georginio Wijnaldum – Newcastle – £23m

Spent: £61.9m

Players OUT:
Jordan Rossiter – Rangers – £250k (compensation)
Jerome Sinclair – Watford – £4m
Joao Carlos Teixeira – Porto – £250k (compensation)
Lawrence Vigouroux – Swindon Town – undisclosed
Sergi Canos – Norwich City – £2.5m
Jordon Ibe – Bournemouth – £15m
Martin Skrtel – Fenerbahce – £5.5m
Joe Allen – Stoke City – £13m
Brad Smith – Bournemouth – £6m
Christian Benteke – Crystal Palace – £27m
Luis Alberto - Lazio - £6m

Received: £79.5m

[93EXCivic]

They've got one now. Lucas Perez. 17 goals and 8 assists at Deportivo last season, but only a 7.1 rating. With a good team behind him, he might be more involved, and he'll need to be at Arsenal.

I was exaggerating a bit.

Campbell went to Sporting CP. I think Arsenal made a mistake there.
Gnabry is being sold to Bayern Munich and then loaned out to Bremen according to ESPN.

[Raza]

I agree that Liverpool could easily spend more to make the club more successful, but we've put some big money on terrible players or terrible fits.

I think we're under the right coach to have long term success. But that's not to say the club is a finished product.

[Raza]

I was exaggerating a bit.

Campbell went to Sporting CP. I think Arsenal made a mistake there.
Gnabry is being sold to Bayern Munich and then loaned out to Bremen according to ESPN.

I think so too. Campbell is a really good high potential player.

[93EXCivic]

Bony to Stoke on loan.

Islam Slimani to Leicester City.

Apparently Luiz might be going back to Chelsea. WTF?

[93EXCivic]

Nasri to Sevilla on loan.