Year after year, football fans across the country always anticipate transfer deadline day as one of the biggest events in the footballing calendar, purely due to its ability to shock even the better of us. Yesterday's deadline day was no different, with Liverpool and Chelsea grabbing the headlines in particular.
It seemed like Chelsea decided to create a transfer merry go round when they expressed an interest in Liverpool striker Fernando Torres last week, as they knew that they would have to spend big to bring one of Liverpool's most prized possessions to Stamford Bridge. Therefore, it took a huge sum of around £50 million to lure Liverpool to part company with Torres. As we all know, Chelsea are in the need for some depth, but surely spending £50 million on one player (who is also very injury prone) is ludicrous? There are many forwards out there who would've cost much less, such as Diego Forlan or Sergio Aguero, both of whom have a better goal ratio than Torres currently, but instead, they chose to look to Torres as their answer to the current problems in West London. They also finally sealed the signing of David Luiz, the portugese centre back from Benfica, after a long game of haggling between Chelsea and Benfica for much of this transfer window. Luiz has though, signed for a fee around £21 million. Once again, this is a fee which unfortunately represents how much the market has inflated in recent years.
We have seen a lot of criticism thrown towards Manchester City in recent years after the multi billionaire Sheikh Mansour took them over in August 2008, and many journalists have accused them of even 'killing football'. But when Liverpool made a £35 million move for Andrew Carroll yesterday, journalists were very much the opposite, labelling this transfer as a good move for both parties. Considering Manchester City's most expensive signing was £32.5 million for Brazilian international Robinho, it seems a bit odd that Liverpool have been given the benefit of the doubt when Andrew Carroll, an unproven player at the top level, is now the 8th most expensive player all time.
The winners of the January transfer window though were Blackpool. After a month of speculation on the future of Charlie Adam, it seemed likely that he was on his way to Liverpool last night, but it wasn't to be. He has stayed at Blackpool and the likes of Andy Reid, Jason Puncheon and James Beattie have all joined Holloway's free flowing team. Top half finish for Blackpool anyone?
Although I have slated both Chelsea and Liverpool in this article, I feel that it is now necessary in the modern era to spend money to strengthen and challenge for honours. I can see Liverpool climbing up the league now they have two recognised strikers in their team, and now Chelsea have added some experience to their squad, I can also see them finishing in the top 4 alongside Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United
It seemed like Chelsea decided to create a transfer merry go round when they expressed an interest in Liverpool striker Fernando Torres last week, as they knew that they would have to spend big to bring one of Liverpool's most prized possessions to Stamford Bridge. Therefore, it took a huge sum of around £50 million to lure Liverpool to part company with Torres. As we all know, Chelsea are in the need for some depth, but surely spending £50 million on one player (who is also very injury prone) is ludicrous? There are many forwards out there who would've cost much less, such as Diego Forlan or Sergio Aguero, both of whom have a better goal ratio than Torres currently, but instead, they chose to look to Torres as their answer to the current problems in West London. They also finally sealed the signing of David Luiz, the portugese centre back from Benfica, after a long game of haggling between Chelsea and Benfica for much of this transfer window. Luiz has though, signed for a fee around £21 million. Once again, this is a fee which unfortunately represents how much the market has inflated in recent years.
We have seen a lot of criticism thrown towards Manchester City in recent years after the multi billionaire Sheikh Mansour took them over in August 2008, and many journalists have accused them of even 'killing football'. But when Liverpool made a £35 million move for Andrew Carroll yesterday, journalists were very much the opposite, labelling this transfer as a good move for both parties. Considering Manchester City's most expensive signing was £32.5 million for Brazilian international Robinho, it seems a bit odd that Liverpool have been given the benefit of the doubt when Andrew Carroll, an unproven player at the top level, is now the 8th most expensive player all time.
The winners of the January transfer window though were Blackpool. After a month of speculation on the future of Charlie Adam, it seemed likely that he was on his way to Liverpool last night, but it wasn't to be. He has stayed at Blackpool and the likes of Andy Reid, Jason Puncheon and James Beattie have all joined Holloway's free flowing team. Top half finish for Blackpool anyone?
Although I have slated both Chelsea and Liverpool in this article, I feel that it is now necessary in the modern era to spend money to strengthen and challenge for honours. I can see Liverpool climbing up the league now they have two recognised strikers in their team, and now Chelsea have added some experience to their squad, I can also see them finishing in the top 4 alongside Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United
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