Quote Originally Posted by NGog Is Going View Post
Of course £35m for Carroll is crazy money, but there were many factors, not least Torres going for £50m.

We don't even know the Henderson fee yet so I won't speculate. Especially if NGog goes the other way.

Interesting that SSN emphasising Henderson's rumoured price, and yet when United do the same it's suddenly a "highly rated English defender".

We don't have the golden carrot that is the Champions League anymore, so we have to pay over the odds in order to get the players that could easily phone up United and get a better deal in seconds.
I'd rather the pay over the odds on a player the managerial team wants, than settling for the seventh choice because they're cheap.
I understand what you are saying but fact remains that Liverpool are still paying a huge amount of money for a player who has played just 61 games for Sunderland, and was booed by his fans in the second half of the season.

Interestingly, I came across this paragraph in a Liverpool blog. I have highlighted the part that caught my eye:
The capture represents a perfect example of the players Liverpool hope to bring in. They’re moving away from previous season’s signings of experienced men with little sell on value (Hodgson’s signings last season had an average age of 30, compared to 2011’s signings with an average of 22) to a nucleus of young talented signings with their futures spread out wildly in front of them. Of course it makes sense to implement these types of players, the question should be why has it taken this long for the club to move forward in this way? That’s a different issue though… http://www.thisisanfield.com/2011/06...s-royal-flush/

Anyone find that comment interesting and somewhat ironic in the Arsenal context?