our missing my point A.B. if we are to compete with Chelsea, manure and Arsenal we need players worth 20-30 million in our team thats it. The prem is not La Liga nor is it the Bundesliga, we want to win the premiership and to do so you need players that cost vasts amount of money and you also need 3-4 english players in that team.
Look how poor arsenal have been this seasonSol Campell injured for most part Ashley Cole going to Chelsea hearts not at Highbury anymore.
Rooney, neville, ferdinand these players are backbone of teams in the prem.
We know how much we failed with Houlliers buys new Zidanes etc.
liverpool may just need 2 more english players SWP, gerrard, carra, Upson. then have other imports around them. I am only talking about the premiership here not europe cause we do well there anyway. But the years are going further and further away from us and we need to catch up very soon starting with next season I atleast would like to see us in the top 3 come 2006.
So you want us to take even more risks and buy players for 30 million, and if they fail then what? Should we go out there and buy player for 27 million or so like Man Utd did with Veron only to sell him a year or so later?
Does a big price gurantee success? I don't think so. World Class players don't have to be worth 30 million pounds, Morientes certainly wasn't worth that much neither was Alonso.
You can buy good players for under less than that.