£10m left...

[CWD82]

£11m we have spent on those three (about £13m including palletta). I believe Gonzalez has cost us around £4m to £5m.

 

Net from this summers transfers, alone, we've spent approx £7m net. Closer to £10m including agger. Going by past accounts there is around £10m to £12m left of available cash that can be spent before players need to be sold for further purchases.

Gonzalez, Paletta and Agger were signed last season so surely that money won't effect our spending this summer.

 

The Agger money must surely be the money left over from last summers budget that was never spent on the centreback Rafa was constantly saying he wanted

[Guest TK-421]

How about we get some investment in so we can compete with teams on our level historically? You know move on a bit?

 

The only place where competing with our rivals matters is the football pitch.

 

Leave the £25m plus signings to Man Utd, Real Madrid et al and see how many trophies it wins them.

[Count Morfeo]

and some proper beer pumps with proper beer in not warm cans of snarlsberg. Have we got any change after that as some tasty bar snacks wouldnt go amiss?

 

pistachio nuts and cashews. It's the ingredients for a dream.

[Guest TK-421]

pistachio nuts and cashews. It's the ingredients for a dream.

 

I had a dream we won number 6 on penalties. It was one of those really convincing dreams where you wake up, realise its a dream and go 'oh shit'.

[Count Morfeo]

What precisely are we Nick?

 

We rarely spent money on "Hollywood Transfers" in the eras of our greatest successes.

 

The Liverpool Way was built on identifying talent, bringing it in at a reasonable price and helping it develop the necessary skills and experience through a stint in the reserves.

 

And it is far more enjoyable. Who do you think appreciated their success more, Arsenal or Chelsea. Most Chelsea fans are already blase' about their own triumphs.

 

The players we are signing are predominately young, talented and hungry. The Count finds it to be incredulous that people are still moaning after the signings we have just made and the season we have just had.

[Cardie]

Pushing it we need a 'keeper (back up), Central mid (Hamann replacement), Striker, Right Mid and maybe a right back if Kronkamp leaves.

 

Players who look likely to leave (assuming we find a buyer) - Dudek, Kirkland, Le Tallec, Diao, Pongolle.

 

We could probably raise between 5 and 10 million in transfer fee's and save near to the same again in wages. Add that to the 10-12 we have on the books and it's not an unhealthy budget for one season.

 

Who we could get for the 20 odd million I don't know, it's safe to say not Alves and Kuyt PLUS the back up players so it would have to be one or the other with cut backs depending.

 

Scenario 1 - Kuyt, Zapater, Pennant, Trabelsi (if JK goes)

Scenario 2 - Alves, Zapater, Mido/Mista(?)

 

With Alves' versatility we'd perhaps not need fourth player so if we did have to stump up that little extra it could still work out slightly cheaper*.

 

*Guess work obviously.

[Count Morfeo]

I had a dream we won number 6 on penalties. It was one of those really convincing dreams where you wake up, realise its a dream and go 'oh shit'.

 

Were you eating bar snacks on a comfy seat in the main stand of some stadium with loads of leg room?

 

Seriously, Anfield is bad for the Count's circulation. The worst offending area is the lower Centenary down by Anfield Road. They didn't have the Count's 6ft 6.6 frame in mind when they built that stand. The Count remembers at the Marseille game in 2004, he was locked in next to his brother, who is a mere 6ft 3, and had agreed to swap places at half time.

However, the Count's pins were in agony so we tried to swap there and then only to realise both of the count's undead legs were, in fact, dead. He tumbled and grabbed his brother for balance, bringing him crashing to the floor, as well. To the mirth of the surrounding fans.

 

Heskey must have been watching as he swiftly followed suit.

[Guest TK-421]

Were you eating bar snacks on a comfy seat in the main stand of some stadium with loads of leg room?

 

Seriously, Anfield is bad for the Count's circulation. The worst offending area is the lower Centenary down by Anfield Road. They didn't have the Count's 6ft 6.6 frame in mind when they built that stand. The Count remembers at the Marseille game in 2004, he was locked in next to his brother, who is a mere 6ft 3, and had agreed to swap places at half time.

However, the Count's pins were in agony so we tried to swap there and then only to realise both of the count's undead legs were, in fact, dead. He tumbled and grabbed his brother for balance, bringing him crashing to the floor, as well. To the mirth of the surrounding fans.

 

Heskey must have been watching as he swiftly followed suit.

 

:D It was probably more entertaining than the football.

 

In the dream I was watching on TV. I can't remember who we will beat, but it will be on penalties.

[Guest redway101]

Actually I'm pretty pleased to hear we've still got £10 million or so in the kitty. We can probably add another £4-5 million by offloading a few surplus to requirements.

 

Don't forget a large percentages of transfer are paid by a series of installments so we could still see one or two major transfers yet.

 

We've already strengthened in several areas but I reckon we need a real top class striker if possible to compliment Bellamy, Crouch and Fowler. Right sided player would be nice but we've still got Gerrard, Kewell and Garcia available to play that role if necssary.

 

Looks to me like Rafa is putting together a seriously decent quality squad on a tight budget. You just can't help loving him (not literally obviously)!

[Count Morfeo]

:D It was probably more entertaining than the football.

 

In the dream I was watching on TV. I can't remember who we will beat, but it will be on penalties.

 

Were you eating living room snacks?

[The-Sir]

Were you eating living room snacks?

 

and drinking living room beers?

 

with extra legroom?

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

I declare this thread bollocks.

 

We never pay/receive FULL transfer fee's anyway on players bought and sold initially. :whistle:

[jack]

The Count.

 

If we have a full ten million then we should leave the likes of cashews behind and live the dream by going for macademia nuts...in the snack premiership we would then surely be buying the quality that our history deserves.

[Nunavut Patrick]

The Count.

 

If we have a full ten million then we should leave the likes of cashews behind and live the dream by going for macademia nuts...in the snack premiership we would then surely be buying the quality that our history deserves.

 

 

Macademia nuts are overated Brazillian nuts.

 

Pistachios. Now that is a nut, jack.

[Guest TK-421]

Were you eating living room snacks?

 

Very probably.

[RoboRiise]

With it being the time that all self-respecting Premier League clubs should be having a punt on some foreigner based soley on World Cup performances, I'd spend as much of it as was necessary on David Odonkor. Thought he looked very good with potential to get better.

 

Failing that, I'd spend it on champagne ready for number 19.

[Red Nick]

What precisely are we Nick?

 

We rarely spent money on "Hollywood Transfers" in the eras of our greatest successes.

 

The Liverpool Way was built on identifying talent, bringing it in at a reasonable price and helping it develop the necessary skills and experience through a stint in the reserves.

 

Kenny Dalglish

Graeme Souness

Mark Lawrenson

John Barnes

Peter Beardsley

Mark Wright

Dean Saunders

Stan Collymore

 

All around the top dollar in there time and several broke the transfer record which we will never break again under the current owners IMO

[Vincent Vega]

Kenny Dalglish

Graeme Souness

Mark Lawrenson

John Barnes

Peter Beardsley

Mark Wright

Dean Saunders

Stan Collymore

 

All around the top dollar in there time and several broke the transfer record which we will never break again under the current owners IMO

 

You would actually like the club to spend over £30m on one player?

 

Chelsea are owned by a dodgy money launderer, the Mancs have revenues of at least £70m a year more than we do and Arsenal have a similar budget and have done very well by backing a great manager who is able to make shrewd purchases. We cannot compete with Chelsea and the Mancs, so have to try and do what Arsenal have done and back an excellent manager with the occasional big buy and try to pick up excellent players before they've reached their full potential.

 

When we do win the league it will be all the more satisfying for having done it without signing "galacticos". If you can't see that Nick, then why bother?

[jack]

Far be it from me to argue nuttage with a man whose first name contains the letters N-U-T, Mr NUnavuT...it is clear you are a man of taste and distinction......but I do love the creamy goodness of those Macademias...cheeky little fellas that they are.

 

May I humbly suggest laying aside a small percentage of that ten mil for some macademias and spending the majority on the satisfyingly salty Senor Pistachio?

 

"Know the art of the nut, for your enemy will not see beyond peanuts and will therefore be helpless against the dark green glory of the Pistachio"

Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter 7 - Tactical Nibblage

[Red Nick]

You would actually like the club to spend over £30m on one player?

 

Chelsea are owned by a dodgy money launderer, the Mancs have revenues of at least £70m a year more than we do and Arsenal have a similar budget and have done very well by backing a great manager who is able to make shrewd purchases. We cannot compete with Chelsea and the Mancs, so have to try and do what Arsenal have done and back an excellent manager with the occasional big buy and try to pick up excellent players before they've reached their full potential.

 

When we do win the league it will be all the more satisfying for having done it without signing "galacticos". If you can't see that Nick, then why bother?

 

Ifr you read my original post I said I was very relaxed about the whole situation as I have come to terms with the fact were not as rich as we used to be in comparison to our competitors.

 

However if new owners came in and bought Rafa Messi I dont think many LFC fans would be too upset

[Nunavut Patrick]

Ifr you read my original post I said I was very relaxed about the whole situation as I have come to terms with the fact were not as rich as we used to be in comparison to our competitors.

 

However if new owners came in and bought Rafa Messi I dont think many LFC fans would be too upset

 

Poor Rafa, he asked for macademia nuts and got a shitty trail mix overladen with peanuts.

[Guest FarmersBoy]

Remember also you can only sell it all once, so that would be one lot of 60/70million (the sums mentioned). Given your desire for HUGE names how long would the 60m last ? Thats Schevchenko and a Joaquin then we are back to square one without any cash.

 

 

I think that's absolutely spot on. It's a 'one time' hit. It's not going to solve a thing long term, cash wise. And we'd just have a mound of money and a load of people trying to prise it off us by demanding zillions extra for players. So I'm happy we're buying players on a budget not based on that, while avoiding over-doing it on the commercialisation.

 

Not sure I agree about your (or the board's) analysis of Morgan's offer share-wise, though. When I did the sums it turned out that Morgan and Shinawatra's valuation was roughly the same; the club were just being cute with the way the 'value' was calculated.

[Rashid]

The one time investment should be poured into the stadium whole and then we will have the means to pay for the players we want each season from ticket sales alone. It is not fucking rocket science.

[Jose Jones]

The one time investment should be poured into the stadium whole and then we will have the means to pay for the players we want each season from ticket sales alone. It is not fucking rocket science.

 

Yup. The stadium is the major issue with regards to funds. The longer and longer it dicks about the more money it cost, the harder it is to raise finance to pay for it. We should just bite the bullet, take some cash and call it the “Bargain Booze New Anfield” for the next 10 years…

[Count Morfeo]

Poor Rafa, he asked for macademia nuts and got a shitty trail mix overladen with peanuts.

 

The kind they scrape of the factory floor. Walnutsis where it's at. The health benefits are too many to mention.