Many rivals accused Liverpool are applying double standard after a strong summer spending in the transfer market. However, are these allegations really true for The Reds?
The more change, the more things are old. Liverpool spent more than £ 200 million in this summer transfer period if the Giorgi Mamardashvili deal was included in Valencia. The Georgia player has agreed to come to Anfield last year but only docked Merseyside earlier this month.
And they did not stop there. Only 24 hours after being revealed to approach Newcastle with the offer of £ 120 million for Alexander Isak, Liverpool continued to contact Frankfurt to ask to buy Hugo Ekitike, the deal could raise the team's total spending to about £ 300 million.
If any of these deals are completed, Liverpool will have the second largest transfer in the Premier League history (after Chelsea's summer 2023/24 with more than £ 400 million).
It is a huge number, considering any measure. To easily imagine, with that money, Liverpool can buy a whole team of 11 players like Sadio Mane – who used to be the most expensive African player in 2016 for £ 30 million, and still have excess money.
It was at the time Mane docked that coach Jurgen Klopp reacted harshly with Paul Pogba preparing to re -sign with Man United for nearly £ 100 million. At that time, Klopp once said: “If football becomes like that, I will no longer do this job. Football is to play together.”
Until leaving Liverpool in 2024, Klopp was the coach with the lowest net spending in the “Big Six” group of the Premier League. However, the German strategist and Liverpool fans were constantly repeating those statements every time the team “broke the safe”.
So Liverpool is acting with dual standard? If this 2025 summer is a complete breakdown of the old strategy, ignoring the years of tight financial management to immerse yourself in the Saudi Arabia -style spending race, the answer may be “yes”.
But in fact it is not really.
The owner of Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) is famous for being cautious, even makes many fans disappointed because they refuse to “spend money”. But when the conditions allow and the situation requires, they are always ready to spend strongly, both the transfer fee and the salary, from the financial source of the club itself.
Klopp's success comes from the fact that he shared the financial philosophy with FSG: buying more or less must sell high prices, then re -invest wisely. The typical example is the Philippe Coutinho deal (sold at nearly the same price as the total buying fee for Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson Becker), creating a platform to help Liverpool win the Champions League and the Premier League.
Thanks to that success, Liverpool can sell players with better prices, expand trade contracts and increase revenue from the stadium. Currently, The Reds is the highest profitable club in the UK.
Under Slot, although not spending in the last season, Liverpool still won the Premier League – a decision now considered a “great way” or luck, depending on the perspective of each person. They also reached the 1/8 Champions League round and earned nearly £ 90 million thanks to the excellent performance in the class.
Despite signing a new contract with pillars such as Van Dijk or Salah with a very high salary, Liverpool also collected a lot of money. This summer, they sold 2 players from the collection academy to about 45 million pounds. In addition, the old record contract Darwin Nunez still has a market value, while Luis Diaz is trying to leave.
Despite spending 100 million pounds for Florian Wirtz, Liverpool still wants to increase the attack. After the tragic death of Diogo Jota, the need to buy more strikers became even more urgent, although the club was also cautious to not be considered “emotionless”.
In short, Liverpool is still within financial ability, and this big spending is only surprising about the moment, not in terms of strategy. In the past, Liverpool was criticized for not investing right after success. Now they are trying to accelerate the city, not to chase behind.
