Originally Posted by ChristmasCake:
“For a long while Liverpool have not been able to attract the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Juan Mata and so on.
We have had to seek out potential rather than purchase ready made stars.
Money hasn't always been spent wisely I agree, but I don't feel it's solely down to the purchasing, especially when United won titles with the likes of John O'Shea in the side.
Kind of undermining my own point there, and I know you'll jump solely on that example, so I'll suffix it with the following, you need that blend of top quality individuals and solid squad players
At times we have had that, under Rafa for example...
With the team we have we should be doing better, we're seeing that under Klopp now..”
It is not all about the star names, it is about getting a squad together with the right balance between the very good ones and the ones slightly below that level.
For example we had Park who was not the greatest player ever, but he was willing to work and work, and work someone, and that allowed for the other players say a Ronaldo to show their abilities.
It is a very hard balancing act, and I would have thought especially after your Champions League win, that you could have secured at least one or two top level players, or players of a very decent calibre, and I think that was a big chance missed.
However under Klopp you now have another chance I think of being able to attract a better calibre of players then for a very long while, and to me at least you have become much more of a threat because of him being in charge.