Originally Posted by
Özim
Not too sure, maybe because they came up against Roma and saw first hand how good he was?
Fair enough about Coutinho, but I was really referring to other signings and how he's developed Liverpool into the force they're becoming, he's also quick to identify weaknesses and isn't scared to spend big to fix them rather than wait around for a bargain.
I think we've had more flops than Liverpool to be fair, and spend more on them, for me you're always going to sign a few players that don't work out, the question is whether you can balance those with top quality players you sign as well, we haven't really, we don't really have any players we could sell for any decent amount.
As mentioned the difference is a) they probably don't spend as much on flops and b) they find gems as well. As for Emery, you don't have to trust a manager to be able to spot a top player, anyone that knows anything about football can see Oblak is top class, so this doesn't require trust at all, it just requires you to decide if it's a sound investment.
Leno we have signed made the most mistakes of Bundesligue keepers last season, why is that a better bet than someone totally proven to be top class, sure it's a fraction of the price but if he flops and you replace him you won't be far off the cost of the best option. Now it's possible Leno will work out and that wil be great, I doubt he's going to be amongst the best around however based on his career so far.
As far as money is concerned, I'd have spent on a DM (tick) a CB (maybe not Sokratis, maybe someone a little younger), a winger and a keeper (tick again I wouldnt' have spent on Leno myself), hard to say with Emery, but it's not hard to spot top class players, so if we spent 60 million on someone clearly top class I wouldn't have a problem with it.
As for the new guys, yes we're looking for them to recruit, time will tell if this works out well or not.