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Brendan Rodgers: Liverpool’s spending is completely different to Tottenham last year
By Daniel AnwarPosted on July 30, 2014
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has rejected claims that the club’s transfer activity has been reminiscent of Tottenham’s spending last summer outlining what makes the Reds’ case different, reports Sky Sports.
Tottenham sold Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for a world-record fee, and spent heavily on a number of new signings, only to have a relatively disappointing campaign.
Of the new arrivals only Christian Eriksen has been an clear success so far, with Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela, Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, and Vlad Chiriches yet to fully convince for various reasons.
Luis Suarez left Liverpool to join Barcelona for around £75 million, and the Reds have brought in six players already in this transfer window – Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Dejan Lovren, and Divock Origi. The club are targeting further signings, and Borussia Dortmund winger Marco Reus has also been linked with a move to Liverpool.
The Anfield outfit finished second in the league last season, and will also have to cope with the additional demands of Champions League football next season, but Rodgers insists that Liverpool’s signings are part of a long-term plan to improve his squad.
He said: “It’s a different club, it’s a different vision that we have here.
“At Liverpool there’s a strategy behind what we’re doing. We were talking a lot last season, right the way through, with the recruitment team. That was one of the objectives for the summer, we had to improve the depth of our squad.
“Clearly we were not strong enough last year, in terms of depth in numbers, and in quality. We always earmarked the summer to bring in a number of players in the hope last season that we would be in the Champions League, and then that would give us the opportunity to challenge on all fronts.”
Rodgers also added that the majority of Liverpool’s signings are young talents with the potential to improve, though he did admit that he see why people have drawn a comparison with Spurs.
“The players that we’re bringing in have clear profiles in terms of where we want them to play, what their role is at present, and we see them as young players that can really develop in the future as well, so I would say that the two are totally different.
“I understand the numbers and how it might look, but the integration and the induction into the group is very smooth because we’ve got a wonderful group of players existing here, and they always make it very easy for players coming in.”
http://www.squawka.com/news/brendan-rodgers-liverpools-spending-is-completely-different-to-tottenham-last-year/150082?
By Daniel AnwarPosted on July 30, 2014
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has rejected claims that the club’s transfer activity has been reminiscent of Tottenham’s spending last summer outlining what makes the Reds’ case different, reports Sky Sports.
Tottenham sold Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for a world-record fee, and spent heavily on a number of new signings, only to have a relatively disappointing campaign.
Of the new arrivals only Christian Eriksen has been an clear success so far, with Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela, Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, and Vlad Chiriches yet to fully convince for various reasons.
Luis Suarez left Liverpool to join Barcelona for around £75 million, and the Reds have brought in six players already in this transfer window – Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Dejan Lovren, and Divock Origi. The club are targeting further signings, and Borussia Dortmund winger Marco Reus has also been linked with a move to Liverpool.
The Anfield outfit finished second in the league last season, and will also have to cope with the additional demands of Champions League football next season, but Rodgers insists that Liverpool’s signings are part of a long-term plan to improve his squad.
He said: “It’s a different club, it’s a different vision that we have here.
“At Liverpool there’s a strategy behind what we’re doing. We were talking a lot last season, right the way through, with the recruitment team. That was one of the objectives for the summer, we had to improve the depth of our squad.
“Clearly we were not strong enough last year, in terms of depth in numbers, and in quality. We always earmarked the summer to bring in a number of players in the hope last season that we would be in the Champions League, and then that would give us the opportunity to challenge on all fronts.”
Rodgers also added that the majority of Liverpool’s signings are young talents with the potential to improve, though he did admit that he see why people have drawn a comparison with Spurs.
“The players that we’re bringing in have clear profiles in terms of where we want them to play, what their role is at present, and we see them as young players that can really develop in the future as well, so I would say that the two are totally different.
“I understand the numbers and how it might look, but the integration and the induction into the group is very smooth because we’ve got a wonderful group of players existing here, and they always make it very easy for players coming in.”
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