Calculating the Hugo Ekitike case – the person who will check the health today to complete the 6 -year contract with the Anfield team, Liverpool has spent nearly £ 300 million of rookie bought in the summer of 2025. So why is The Kop so much without worrying about PSR?
Ekitike will join Liverpool's new squad with Florian Wirtz (116 million pounds), Jeremie Frimpong (40), Milos Kerkez (45) and goalkeepers Giorgi Mamardashvili, Freddie Woodman. The total expenditure in this summer is nearly £ 300 million.
The reason Liverpool does not worry about violating the PSR law (rules of profit and sustainability) because finance has always been abundant for many years. Moreover, many contracts this summer have been deferred, and another reason is that Liverpool has spent very little last season so they do not worry about financial deficit.
Coming to Anfield at the present time, the grave can hear a new “maxim”: You have to wait for three transfer periods to have a large contract, and then five contracts appear at the same time. Liverpool is “spending money” for transfer that way.
The recruitment of Ekitike pushed the transfer cost to more than £ 250 million in this transfer period. And considering that they still need a center -back, spending may not stop. Liverpool may even have to spend more than £ 300 million.
With the caution of previous transfer, the reaction of many Liverpool NHM and their rivals are: How can The Kop be able to pay? The answer lies in the question itself. Caution is the largest ally of Liverpool. Now, they are achieving success.
Liverpool's Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes (Director) of Liverpool always comply with the famous self -supply model of Fenway Sports Group by implementing a reasonable spending policy at the right time, rather than spending money at the demand, gossip from outside.
The Kop often stood firm before the transfer fever and sympathized to say “no” or intelligently dealt with the call for soothing (or wasting) an unnecessary amount for a midfielder or striker. Combining this with the success of the grass and the Liverpool's commercial revolution since 2010, every year they have surpassed the club's record for commercial and professional revenue. All help Liverpool have a lot of financial to get the most expensive, most sought -after players, without having to worry about the violation of the PSR Law.
There are many factors that make Liverpool seem more abundant than usual, the most significant is the bonus from the Premier League championship and 8 consecutive victories in the Champions League 2024/25. When spending more than £ 250 million for rookie buying, there are amounts (extra costs) that they may never have to pay if the players do not perform well.
Most contracts are also paid in batches, and Liverpool will earn a significant amount of money from selling players from now until the summer transfer period ends. However, the simplest explanation for why Liverpool could spend so much this summer because they spent very little last year, only £ 12 million for Federico Chiesa, while earning about 40 million pounds from the liquidation of Fabio Carvalho, Bobby Clark and Sepp Van Den Berg, and some other players.
The Director of Hughes really wanted to recruit the rookie immediately for Arne Slot in the summer of 2024. After missing Martin Zubimendi, Edwards, Hughes and Slot realized that the Liverpool one team was carrying very well and there would be more attractive offers in the market if they wait.
And, patience has been paid in a spectacular way. Liverpool won on the field thanks to the high pressing game and passed the ball. Now, they are demonstrating their mighty financial ability after applying a long -term policy in the transfer.
Instead of spreading the contracts by spending a large amount last year, a similar amount at the present time and thinking of another recruitment period in the summer of 2026, Liverpool performed their trading work similar to the way they operate from January to July 2018, when Virgil Van Dijk, Fabinho, Alisson came and created a conversion effect.
Liverpool hopes they can invest in the team's frame and continue to compete in the next 5 years without a record spending. Now, Liverpool does the same thing, only small changes instead of a great overhaul for at least two years.
