Tuning The Red Ferrari?
Image:
Ferrari F40 by Günter Hentschel,
licensed under CC
BY-ND 2.0
The summer transfer
window is now closed so let's take a look at Liverpool's transfer activity for
the last 5 seasons using the data from lfchistory.net.
FSG purchased Liverpool in October 2010, so this period covers all the seasons
under the control of John Henry and Tom Werner.
This
summer's activity has seen purchases of £86M*, sales of £70.4M giving a total
net spend of £15.6M. Liverpool's average transfer net spend since the summer of
2011 is £24.7M per season. This average net spend figure is a useful, though
limited, measure of the change to the
baseline squad per season. Depending on your point of view, you can think of
the net spend as some fine-tuning to the red Ferrari or the next set of parts
for the kit car.
*This
includes an estimated fee of £6M for Danny Ings, with the actual fee still to
be agreed by a tribunal.
