Originally posted by cantspell
Rafa out I think at the end of the season. ..... after spending a fortune in the summer!
In £42m
Torres £20m (rising to £26m based on individual & team performance)
Babel £11m (rising to £13.5m)
Benayoun £5m
Voronin free (Well, nobody in their right mind would "buy" him)
Skertl £6m
Out £30.2m
Cisse £6m
Pongolle £2.7m
Luis Garcia £6m
Bellamy £7.5m
Sissoko £8m
Agreed, to you and me £12m is a fortune. But can you name me any other Premiership side in the top half of the table who have spent less (NET) than Liverpool in the last 12 months? I've not been 100% convinced about Rafa's transfer dealings since he arrived, but I can't argue with anything he's done since the end of last season. The yanks promised to splash the cash - but they haven't. Not a penny of their own money. In fact Liverpool's CL prize money and op. profit last year totals more than Rafa's NET transfer spend.
BTW - Mascherano is on loan, and has still not been paid for, despite the yanks saying they'd buy him as a present from their own money. Which as we all know is LFC's money!