Cool Hand Luke wrote:I thought I would list the 10 most expensive players in our squad in terms of transfer fee and compare them to Man Utd’s 10 most expensive players.
Please note that I gathered these figures purely as a fact finding mission and not with an anti or pro agenda.
It would be interesting to know peoples take on the figures which won’t be 100% accurate but close enough.
Liverpool
1. Fernando Torres – £25,000,000
2. Javier Mascherano – £18,600,000
3. Ryan Babel – £11,500,000
4. Xabi Alonso – £10,500,000
5. Dirk Kuyt – £9,000,000
6. Albert Riera – £8,000,000
7. Andrea Dossena – £7,000,000
8. Jermaine Pennant – £ 6,700,000
9. Martin Skrtel – £6,500,000
10. Pepe Reina – £6,000,000
Total = £108,800,000
Man Utd (excluding Carlos Tevez as he is on loan)
1. Dimitar Berbatov – £ 30,750,000
2. Rio Ferdinand – £ 29,100,000
3. Wayne Rooney – £27,600,000
4. Michael Carrick – £ 18,600,000
5. Anderson – £18,000,000
6. Owen Hargreaves – £17,000,000
7. Nani – £15,000,000
8. Cristiano Ronaldo – £ 12,240,000
9. Zoran Tosic – £8,000,000
10. Nemanja Vidic – £7,000,000
Total =£183,290,000
Difference: £74,490,000
CHL's figures again from March which I'll update at some point.
I echo his disclaimer.