02 Feb 2026 15:23:51
We are overpaying for players massively.
Ekitike isak wirtz kerkez and now jacquet are close to half a billion dollars worth of players alone. We can't call out city and arsenal now for spending fortunes
Does henry hold a lot of gold and silver?
02 Feb 2026 15:40:16
We paid the going rate for them in the market, if we didn't pay, we would get them and someone else would.
02 Feb 2026 15:44:02
Hughes is like the guy you invite over for dinner but empties the fridge and cupboards.
02 Feb 2026 15:44:59
Overpaying? How so? Isak was the best forward in europe, aside from Shrek 2, Wirtz the most sought AM in world football. Hugo, Ok the price was jacked but he is now already worth more. Kerkez was the going rate, as was Frimpong.
Prices are ridiculous, but so is the money going into the game.
02 Feb 2026 15:55:05
Less than £400m depending on what sites ye believe.
Isak £125m
Ekitike £69m
Wirtz £100m (with four £4M add ons for a P
Prem or CL)
Kerkez £40m
Jaquet £55m rising to £60m
Going rate for me for these level of players.
02 Feb 2026 15:58:43
Purely subjective really. Some may call Ekitke and even Wirtz a steal for the price we paid for them. If we sold them in the Summer would they be worth more? Isak at this moment doesn't look a good deal but who knows. As for Kerkez and Frimpong, can't really remember what was paid for them but I think it was around the £30 million mark? Both have a bit to do but if the price is correct we ain't going to lose too much.
I agree that the transfer market has gone crazy but it's been like this for years now. I just wonder when the first £200 million British transfer will be ?♂️.
02 Feb 2026 16:02:52
Our net spend last summer was less than Arsenals. We also sold a lot of of homegrown which means you can spend 4x their value. In fact Arsenal and Spurs are higher than us over the last 5 windows.
02 Feb 2026 16:09:23
Even with all that spending we have still have a net spend less than Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Newcastle and Spurs over the last 5 years.
02 Feb 2026 16:11:20
@cafu let the club worry about the money mate. We just want to support and win every game as fans. Couldn't care less if Jacquet cost £60 or 600million I just want Liverpool to win and if he helps us great if he's a load of pony then he's a load of pony but the money doesn't matter as it's not ours.
02 Feb 2026 16:14:58
Don't care what we pay if they improve the team. Why do people care so much about money that is not theirs?
02 Feb 2026 16:21:54
How do you overpay for a player? There is no universal black and white scale for valuing a player. The sale price hinges on two things. One, what the players current club values him at and two, what the buying club is willing to pay. Then you negotiate to try and meet somewhere in between those two figures.
How can anyone not privy to the negotiations and the scouting reports say we've overpaid? You can by all means say that you don't think we're getting value for money, but you've no idea what the starting points were for both the selling clubs valuations and what Liverpool wanted to pay for any of those signings. So saying we've overpaid is just utter nonsense.
I think Isak was very poor value for money in hindsight. But it's impossible to say whether we overpaid because we have no idea what Liverpool wanted to pay and what Newcastle wanted to be paid at the start of the negotiations.
02 Feb 2026 16:29:35
You don't think Hugo is cutting the mustard then? ?.
02 Feb 2026 16:33:43
If anything, in today's market Ekitike is starting to look like a steal.
02 Feb 2026 16:38:54
We only want players for a price that corresponds with the value on transfer market. com or football manager. If not then we need FSG to call an enquiry into the conduct of our directors of football operations.
02 Feb 2026 16:52:33
I'm not 1 for being bothered about the money side, ( isak was overpriced tho) but kerkez was worth every penny just for that assist on Saturday alone.
02 Feb 2026 17:00:41
Yes, we spend a lot.
But we don't spend too often.
If you look back at the windows since summer 2019, we have a few whereby we either did nothing or just the odd incoming.
The summer after winning the CL we only got Adrian, Elliott and Sepp.
The summer after experiencing that crazy injury crisis, we only signed Ibou Konate.
After going to the death for the quad and running the legs off the squad, we only signed Darwin, Carvalho and Ramsey.
And then in Slot's first summer, we only got Chiesa (Marma was loaned back).
That is 4 summers out of 7, we did very little.
02 Feb 2026 17:52:30
Seems to be the way we go pelican. We go big, sweat the asset and then top it up occasionally with opportunistic stuff.
02 Feb 2026 17:54:58
Isak was the best striker in the league last year in the best league in the world. Im not saying he's better than Haaland i think Haalands the best around but last year he was. If ye wanted to buy Haaland ye wouldn't be getting much change outa £200m i would imagine.
£125m for Isak for me was fair, when your having defensive midfielders going for not much less. Youcant foresee him breaking his leg.
02 Feb 2026 18:16:44
Cafu I smell a non lfc supporting visitor to the site.
We didn't spend anything summer 2024 and made a lot from player sales summer 2025.
You should know this.
02 Feb 2026 18:33:50
We are overpaying. In no world except hughes are wirtz jaquet isak and kerkez are half a billion dollars worth of signing.
Not saying they can't prove their worth but for now we are buying at inflated prices and without success this will be a huge risk.
Also selling quansah and buying 100 m worth of young defenders ( leoni and jaquet) just doesn't make sense! Are we saying jaquet has 3 times the potential of quansah. Nope.
02 Feb 2026 18:41:14
We've overpaid until they've won us a CL or PL. Wirtz is the only one potentially will make money back from the Summer. When we sell him.
02 Feb 2026 18:48:10
I don't think there's much in at all, and in any case player valuation is subjective and needs a willing buyer and seller at a point in time. Who says Marc Guehi is worth 300k a week, Answer Man City.
It's a very finite pool of talent, those who can cut it at the top level, and a finite pool of clubs who can pay top dollar.
Ekitike arguably undervalued, Isak maybe slightly over because of injuries etc. Wirtz now looking worth it, a few months ago less so. Kerkez slightly over, but in a year when he settles it'll probably look ok. It's relative as well to sales values, Darwin Nunez or Ben Doak anyone.
02 Feb 2026 19:14:16
Wirtz (£100+16m), Isak (£125m), Jacquet (£55+5m) and Kerkez (£40m) cost a combined £341m and that is if all of their add-ons are activated. Repeating yourself over and over again doesn't make what you're saying any less inaccurate. You're making figures up in your head.
You need to include Leoni (£26+3m), Frimpong (£29m), Mamardashvili (£29m), Ekitike (£69+10m), Chiesa (£10+3m) and Pecsi (£2m) to come up with a total Hughes/ Slot have spent of around £522m. We also signed an 11th player (Woodman) on a free.
You might not like it mate, but unfortunately if you are signing 11 players in the modern era, £500m+ is the going rate when you're dining at the top table. Jacquet (if it goes through) is what will push the total spend beyond half a billion, and we have no idea if he will prove to be value for money yet so just hold your horses.
Hell of an outburst mate. Wirtz is 22 and already balling, Kerkez is 21 and gets better every week and Jacquet is 20 and not even kicked a ball for us yet. I understand the frustration with the Isak signing, but most of us were very happy with him at the time. You don't need to go full 'captain hindsight' on us.
02 Feb 2026 19:14:49
Lenny Henry bought LFC for circa £300 million, he currently wants circa £10 Billion to sell LFC.
Acquiring Money is not his problem spending it is, paying vast wages like Guehi wanted, was well within his current wherewithal!
You are Born with Nowt, and Go with Nowt!
02 Feb 2026 19:28:31
I really don't get this we overpaid for some of our summer signings.
125 million for Isak was the going rate. I have no doubt he will prove the doubters wrong. He's been unlucky with injuries and fitness but have no doubt he will get back to the levels required. He was starting to show this before his leg break.
100 million for Wirtz. Also the going rate for a player with his ability. Starting to look excellent.
40 million for Kerkez. Seems about right. Now settling and looks more consistent
30 million Frimpong. Release clause met. Unlucky with injury, his record was excellent before his move so I'd say just adjusting to the demands of the PL.
75-80 million Ekitike. Frankfurt always sell high when it comes to strikers, but have to say happy we did.
15-20 Leoni. Highly sought after youngster. Unlucky with a season ending injury in his only game for us.
55-60 Jacquet. Sought after young centre half. Who attracted interest from a lot of clubs. Never seen the guy play, but seems the norm in this day and age. Yoro cost United 50 million 2 years ago and is a similar profile.
In my opinion I think we are building an excellent squad. Average age has been dramatically reduced which I think was needed.
02 Feb 2026 20:13:17
Where's Ed002 when you need them.
02 Feb 2026 20:32:18
"Lenny Henry bought LFC for circa £300 million"
What? I didn't know he was so rich!
Must be all those Red Nose Day appearances.
02 Feb 2026 20:44:18
Isak will probably score 20-30 a season from next summer on. Imagine depending on who starts being able to bring Isak or Ekitike on in a big game against tired legs. This is what we've bought, Jaquet is just another pierce of the puzzle. Hopefully we complete the squad next summer.
02 Feb 2026 20:49:25
Ed002 always used to say, ignore the money.
They cost however much they cost, it sounds a lot but this is just the market.
02 Feb 2026 20:52:19
I think jacket and leoni will be belters both highly rated and wanted by a lot of big clubs, great value if it pans out.
03 Feb 2026 12:03:28
Cafu, this is very simple. This is a case of market forces dictating what the going rate is. And remember, there is large scarcity of top talented players at CB, no. 10 and at CF so the ones like Wirtz, Isak and to a lower extent Ekitike will go from top money to BIG money. That is the going rate.
For ex. what we paid for Darwin was the going rate cos CF's are at a premium and we had to pay it cos United wanted him too and were ready to pay. He rejected them and came to us. Jacquet had other suitors so for us to get him, the rate is the rate so again, either pay or keep it moving. Do you understand, now?
Also, miss me with the whole "capt. hindsight" schtick cos I know you ain't saying all that crap about Isak had he been balling. We paid what we paid for the players we signed who are playing now. Why? Cos that is what we were willing to pay as dictated by the market. The market doesn't care what you nor I think, btw. Get with it or sign players from lesser teams/ leagues.
Hint: And you would STILL be overpaying, I promise you that.