Sunderland 0 Liverpool FC 1: How £115m of 'flops' are morphing in front of our eyes and 4 other things we learned at the Stadium of Light
£115m of 'flops' morphing in front of our eyes
Summer 2014 was seen as a key transfer market for Liverpool FC, with Luis Suarez needing to be replaced and Champions League football giving the Reds the opportunity to attract world class talent and push on from last year’s second place finish.
Brendan Rodgers’ shopping basket – or at least the one finally secured by the Anfield transfer committee – has come in for plenty of stick, much of it rightly (especially the absence of a marquee striker).
But forget about whispering it quietly, it’s time to say it out loud. The 'flops' are morphing before our very eyes.Before his injury the most expensive of those signings, £25m Adam Lallana, had found his comfort zone alongside Coutinho and Sterling in a front three that was starting to mitigate for Daniel Sturridge’s lengthy absence. Those two dropped shoulders in front of the Kop for his second goal against Swansea oozed class.
£20m Lazar Markovic is getting better with every game, clearly benefiting from time and a more defined role in the team, yesterday switched to the right hand side, while Emre Can’s versatility (at centre back and then switched to a much more forward role after Gerrard’s injury) could yet make him a £10m bargain.
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