If you go through the players you think are sh*t (personally I disagree with a couple), who has been sold on at a major loss, or is likely to be? The biggest loss Rafa has made on a player is a measly £3m on Morientes, and being honest who wasn't excited when we signed him? Every manager will make mistakes with transfers, it's when they start costing us big money we need to start worrying. Even Wenger lost big money on Wiltord & Reyes, though apparently he's the shrewdest manager out there.
Completely agree. Don't forget that Wenger shelled out quite a bit of money for 'The Fox in the Box' Franny Jeffers as well. Benitez gets lambasted for his transfer dealings but his successes far surpass his failings, and financially he hasn't yet made a major error e.g. Diao, Diouf, Cisse... Major errors. Yes, there have been mistakes, but they have been rectified, and quickly on the majority of occasions I.e. Josemi, was sold for the same figure he was purchased for when it became clear he wasn't good enough... Kromkamp was shifted in a similar fashion, but these two will both claim that they won major trophies while at Liverpool, even though their contribution wasn't worthy of their medals... Pellegrino was a 6 month loan signing... Nunez was a makeweight in the Michael Owen deal... Zenden was a free signing on the back of his best season at Boro... Bellamy was another signing who had just had a good season at Blackburn and we never lost any money on him when he was sold to West Ham, and Voronin (another free signing) isn't an adequate enough replacement imo... Morientes is undoubtedly a good player and I was chuffed when he was signed... however, he just wasn't cut out for the Premiership... Aurelio is starting to look like he doesn't have what it takes, but prior to his injury last season he was starting to look like a quality player... Dirk Kuyt just hasn't progressed... Pennant was never Benitez's first choice and isn't good enough imo... and Sissoko will be sold at a profit, as the majority of Rafa's signing would be if they were sold...
Every top manager makes mistakes, but imo Rafa is yet to make a major one with regards to finance, and when he has been given the sort of money to compete with Man Utd, Chelsea, and Arsenal for one player in the transfer market, he has gone out and signed one of the best strikers in the world. Wenger, and Ferguson have made major errors, but that doesn't mean that they aren't top class Managers because obviously they are...However, they haven't had their jobs brought into serious doubt when they have had barren spells, and I'm talking a couple of years without winning a major trophy from two clubs that were many years ahead of Liverpool Football Club when Rafa took over... The facts speak for themselves really... Two Champions League finals, a Carling Cup Final ( practically reached by the second string of players), an FA Cup, A Super Cup, and our highest ever Premiership points finish... In my honest opinion that represents progress, and in my honest opinion Rafa is the right man for the job... Ok we haven't won the Title since 1990 but the competition gets better and better which is only going to make it harder, but Rafa is the right man to get us there. Patience is vital, but many of us don't seem to have that.
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