Reds defend transfer policy
Liverpool are adamant manager Rafa Benitez has not had
his hands tied in the summer transfer window.
The Reds have made two big-name signings since June, with Glen
Johnson and Alberto Aquilani arriving for a combined total of
around £36million, while Greece international Sortis Kyrgiakos has
been bought for a cut-price fee of £1.5m.
At the same time Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa have left for in
deals worth an overall £33.5m, and it has been suggested Liverpool
could have spent more of that income.
But the club's managing director, Christian Purslow, who took up
his role in June, insists Benitez has not been restricted in his
transfer activity.
"We've spent pretty much the same as we've spent every year over
the past four or five years," Purslow said in The
Times.
"We've spent about £20 million more than we've generated, which
is what we expected.
"We've bought players the manager wanted to buy and sold players
the manager wanted to sell and it has cost us almost to the penny
what we expected it to cost.
"In fact, some of our competitors haven't spent any money and we
have. Spending isn't the panacea everyone thinks it is, but we've
spent £20 million and that's real money.
"There are lots of costs associated with buying players and
extending players that all go into transfer funds."
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