Originally Posted by
Smiffy
Off the field I have found recently that the transfer fees whilst always being OTT have hit a stage now where you're paying record breaking numbers for average players. I remember craving Liverpool would sign a £20M plus player which was OK when it was a Torres but then you look through the years, £32M on Benteke, £20 on my man Lazar, £20 on Downing, £35 on Carroll, £20 on Aquilani...that's without adding in the hit and hopes like Balotelli, Aspas, Ilori, Luis Alberto etc.
Downing would cost around £40-50M these days. I genuinely think if Klopp wasn't at the helm I would have lost interest all together. At least we're pleasing on the eye now whereas under Rodgers and his final six months plus we were beyond woeful.
It's all a bit shit really but then Saturday comes the whistle is blown you forget about it for 90mins.