The net spend thing is skewing this debate.
We had a lot of players who desired or were encouraged to leave, and thankfully (apart from Balo, Marko and Wisdom) that's happened. We got good cash for Ibe, Benteke, Allen and others. That kind of money-raising mass offload is pretty rare in a window (for us at least) and needed to happen. Don't assume that all of that income was ever going to be put straight into the transfer kitty, however! I think its a fairer angle to ignore the incomings and look at the outgoings when looking at our transfer dealings this summer. 'Net spend' is an easy stick to beat the club/JK/KSG with, but I not joining in.
Also, we've got a shiny new stand that the club are going to be paying for for 5 years (as I understand it), so clearly we're going to be a) thinking longer term for squad-building, ie very few big money star buys and b) trying to save up some money.
Klopp's stated style (and I'm not saying I'm totally in agreement with it) is to train and develop players, rather than buy established stars, and he has had success with that in the past. That's what we'll be about for a few years, I think. Hence I'm hopeful we'll get our weak areas covered today, but not expecting that it will happen...
Still think we need a left back though!!
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