Starting XI - if we have £50million to spend in the summer

Hey Hobbithead, Are you a Manc in disguise mate, Sell Nando. FFS, We're not that desparate, We want to strengthen our squad not weaken it, I reckon you have had a brain fart pal, Either that or you are in serious need of some councelling......Help!!!!!

Anybody else think it would be silly to buy Villa now? I think that paticular chance died a few years ago, and I am actually not all that impressed with Silva.

If it were up to me I would have this starting XI for next year:

---------------------Reina--------------------

Carragher ---- Agger ----- Kyriagkos------ Aurelio

Maxi --------  Gerrard ---- Yaya Toure/Masch ---- Vargas

-------------- Torres ------- Berg -------------

3 new signings would be Yaya Toure from Barca, Vargas from Fiorentina and Marcus Berg from Hamburg. I reckon they would be below £50M easily, plus the sales of Riera and Babel I would guess. Also notice no Glenn Johnson in my starting XI, thats cos I think he can be sold to cut our losses, far to unreliable defensively IMO

But you've not addressed the LB problem, Aurelio can't play without continuous injury and Insua is very unreliable atm.
Not seen this Berg guy, but we do need a quality partner for Nando.

Thats why Vargas is there, he is a versatile left sided player, I would rather see him play left mid, but he can play left-back and well, but he is in the same mould as Johnson, so Johnson cannot be right-back if Vargas is left-back. The problem with Left-backs is simple, their are very few good ones out there, and those clubs who have them are very reluctent to sell them, because then there is nothing for them to buy. I really hate left backs to be honest, we really should have held on to Riise.

As for Marcus berg he was the player of the tournament in the Under 21 Euros in 2009, getting 7 goals in 4 games (a record amount), he has career stats of 83 goals in 186 apss, and is 22 years old and now a full Swedish international - 3 goals in 12 games.

We might play against him in the final, his record in Europe this year is 6 goals in 9 games so 2 in 3. Not bad considering he isn't having the best of seasons either.

Also he is so obscenely right-footed I don't think it would work him at LB, infact I'm sure I heard Dunga tried it with Brazil because he wanted Maicon at RB and Alves played shocking on the left.

     

Agree with you about his right foot but during the Confederations Cup last summer (think that was it) he played on the left a fair bit and done pretty well. Can remember he came on and changed the game for them and that was in a short time left of the game.

Hey Hobbithead, Are you a Manc in disguise mate, Sell Nando. FFS, We're not that desparate, We want to strengthen our squad not weaken it, I reckon you have had a brain fart pal, Either that or you are in serious need of some councelling......Help!!!!!

Why? Are you suggesting Benitez is in capable of replacing Nando with 3-4 quality players. This isnt, like i have said before without precedent. We sold Ian Rush and bought 3 exceptional players that became the attacking core of a succesful Liverpool team. Are you afraid of change?

What does nando owe Liverpool? I admire his words. He talks a good game like Pepe. But that is no guarantee in the world of football these days. If, hypothetically speaking we have another bad run, our owners fail to invest money yet again and or fail to reach fourth or above next season. What is there to suggest he wouldn't leave? All talk of long term investment and commercial gain is out the window.

This was a serious question to try and pick the brains of the more serious posters in here. All it has attracted is the smart arses who think they better than anyone else. Anyone who has supported Liverpool for any length of time knows no player is bigger than the club. Our best players have been sold in the past to strenghten the squad.

This topic is hypothetical about if we have 50m. Duh.

Which gives my original point even more credibility. What are we to do if we don't aquire funding? Sell 1-4 bit part players. Weakening the squad further and making us even more reliant on two players who have hardly featured in the last two seasons. Take a risk and hope Torres is good to his word? That he will stay and not decide after another not too impossible season of underachiveing he want's to go. Or make an unpopular decision and sell him at an exceptional price while you still can and improve the squad.

For someone always chanting Benitezs corner i'm surprised you have dismissed the idea of him having so much to spend so quickly.

£50 million?  Wishful thinking.

Stick to Football Manager for unrealistic transfer budges and hopes!

£50 million?  Wishful thinking.

Stick to Football Manager for unrealistic transfer budges and hopes!

I'd say 20million was probably closer to the mark. When our owners talk 60million, that includes contracts too. I'm warming round to the idea that we need to invest in the future. Take a step back like Arsenal have. Invest in the youth set up. Sell your best players and stay competitive. Its the only way to. Unless we have some stoopid rich suger daddy who is going to throw money at us. I realise my ideas are unpopular, but Arsenal realising they couldn't keep up with the likes of utd and chelsea, did the right thing. It's paid off, because city are swimming in cash. Tottenham are investing heavily. Aston villa are showing signs too. The league is only going to get more competitive. We need a long term plan and not one based on short term success. 

Arsenal realising they couldn't keep up with the likes of utd and chelsea, did the right thing. It's paid off

How has it paid off?

How has it paid off?

They are one of the lowest net spending clubs in the premiership. They have also stayed in the top four whist doing this. Is that enough? Or would you like me to tell you wenger is also a dab hand at spotting talented youngsters?

Oops, almost forgot this too. They have a nice new shiny stadium, which brings in a lot more money than we do. They are the perfect example of what you can do if you have long term goals.

Benitez has already done the hard work in wrestling control of the academy from the archaic methods used before. We just need to push our commercial objectives along with building a new stadium to carry on the good work Benitez is doing. Even with the investment i suggested previously, it would only last a short while.

Liverpool football club was built on solid foundations. We have not kept up with the pack and have suffered for years because of this. Our foundations have faltered and need to be rebuilt. Its the only reason i am keeping faith in the manager. I think he has the right idea building upwards. Only time will tell.

Lets just do an arsenal, clear out all the useless fud's and focus on the future by building a youth team:


                           Reina

         Johnson     Wilson(rangers)    Agger     Insua

                 Masch                Gerrard

                             Maxi
            Pacheco                  Nemeth
                         Torres

Nice exciting team there
Know it'lll never happen, but would be good to see

Plus look at the bench we'd have for some experience :  Kuyt Babel Carra Aqualani Jovan..... Skrtle

Just pure fantasy there aha

Okay seriously id do this:

Reina

Johnson Carra/Sotis Agger David Luiz

                Mascherano

 Maxi      Lucas  Gerrard  Di Maria

                  Torres Pacheco

Sell:
 
Yossi
Kuyt
Riera
Aurelio (free)
 
Buy:
Di Maria ( Benfica )
David Luiz ( Benfica )

Yes raiding Benfica but they both played well and David Luiz is only rated at 10 mil according to people on the net as Barca wanted him for 10 mil but something went down :/

He is G.Johnson, can go forward and comfortably defend as well

^^

You have a 12 man team there buddy

We can have somebody wear the same jersey numbers on opposite sides of the field and see if anyone notices!!!

..............Reina..... .........
Johnson..Kjaer..Agger..T aiwo
.............Masch...... ........
........Gerrard....Aquli ani....
Maxi.................... ....Turan
...............Torres... .........

Simon Kjaer - 12-15mil
Taiwo - 6 mil ish
Turan - 15 mil
Srna - 10 mil

Sell Reira, Degan, Spearing, Darby, El Zhar, Aurelio

                        --Reina--

--Johnson--  --Agger--  --Carragher/Sotis ? --?--

--Maxi--     -- Aqualiani-- --Masch--  Juan Mata
                     
                      -- Gerrard--
            --Torres--

Taiwo is very valuable for Marseille. I expect his price to be more than 10m. He's vice captain isn't he?

Okay seriously id do this:

Reina

Johnson Carra/Sotis Agger David Luiz

                Mascherano

 Maxi      Lucas  Gerrard  Di Maria

                  Torres Pacheco

Sell:
 
Yossi
Kuyt
Riera
Aurelio (free)
 
Buy:
Di Maria ( Benfica )
David Luiz ( Benfica )

Yes raiding Benfica but they both played well and David Luiz is only rated at 10 mil according to people on the net as Barca wanted him for 10 mil but something went down :/

He is G.Johnson, can go forward and comfortably defend as well

David Luiz is a center back mate, he played the 2nd leg against us on the left but he is nowhere as good there as he is in the center

Okay seriously id do this:

Reina

Johnson Carra/Sotis Agger David Luiz

                Mascherano

 Maxi      Lucas  Gerrard  Di Maria

                  Torres Pacheco

Sell:
 
Yossi
Kuyt
Riera
Aurelio (free)
 
Buy:
Di Maria ( Benfica )
David Luiz ( Benfica )

Yes raiding Benfica but they both played well and David Luiz is only rated at 10 mil according to people on the net as Barca wanted him for 10 mil but something went down :/

He is G.Johnson, can go forward and comfortably defend as well

Just a comment on the Benfica lads.

I had this discussion with one of my mates a die hard Benfica fan knows the club inside out.

There is a 50 million Euro buy out clause on David Luiz's contract so not sure where you got the 10 million figure from. Chelsea tried signing Di Maria last summer for 25 million but failed so he will be worth much more.

if we were to bring somebody in who would you think would deserve the number 7?

And on a side note 50million for david luis??!!

Agree with you about his right foot but during the Confederations Cup last summer (think that was it) he played on the left a fair bit and done pretty well. Can remember he came on and changed the game for them and that was in a short time left of the game.

Yep against South Africa in the semifinal, he scored the winner in a brilliant free kick.

I know a few people who want him to be our left back in the WC since we already got Maicon who is also a brilliant player on the right. I for one would give Michel Bastos a chance and play Alves on midfield.

id love phillip lahm at anfield.