Baseline81 wrote:Baphomet wrote:All that says to me is that Liverpool develop and get decent money for their assets while other clubs struggle to shift their deadweight. According to the same CIES report, not factoring in outgoings, Liverpool spent the 4th largest amount in the Premier League on players in that timespan, which is about where you'd expect them to be, behind the oil clubs like City and Chelsea and dunce clubs like United, but ahead of everyone else.
I don't have the exact figures, but I'd wager Liverpool spend more on wages/salary than a lot of those clubs too.
For me, what jumps out isn't how much smaller Liverpool's net spend is to top-4 rivals, but how close it is to bottom- and mid-table clubs.
Yes, LFC have done well in regards to transfer fees received on outgoing players. However, the worrying part is how they continue to put limits on themselves. Those limits have allowed lower clubs to surpass them in spending, which, given the revenue Liverpool generate, shouldn't be happening.
And with the likes of Fabinho, Firmino, Henderson, Keita, Milner and Ox off the books, the wage bill should have come down. Next summer, Thiago and Matip leave on a free to open even more room.
Liverpool have spent obscene amounts on players. I hope you're not trying to justify their poor performanecs with these figures.