The previous decade has comprised some sensational signings at Liverpool – and others not so good.
One such story of succession noticed Brendan Rodgers given the unenviable honour of making an attempt to switch Luis Suarez in the summertime of 2014. And what the supervisor envisioned along with his main makes an attempt was totally different to what he ended up with come deadline day that fateful summer season.
If solely awards had been handed out for effort, Rodgers might need walked away with a treble that season. Instead, he ended up with little to indicate for his three failed pursuits and a comfort seize that marked one of many membership’s worst signings in trendy instances.
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As Suarez was making ready to affix Barcelona for £65million, it was understood on the time Liverpool had been within the man he was changing: Alexis Sanchez. However, Arsene Wenger had pipped Rodgers to the Chilean after a rigorous recruitment marketing campaign throughout that summer season’s World Cup in Brazil, and Sanchez headed to north London as an alternative.
The Athletic reported Loic Remy – who had simply loved a really fruitful spell at Newcastle, on mortgage from QPR – was additionally sought out by the Reds. However, he failed a medical whereas Liverpool had been on a pre-season tour in Boston, and the Frenchman moved to Chelsea shortly after.
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When Wilfried Bony’s wage calls for proved too exorbitant in his efforts to engineer a transfer from Swansea, Liverpool turned their consideration elsewhere. That introduced them to the door of Mario Balotelli, the ex-Manchester City dangerous boy who had simply come off a career-high 41 appearances for AC Milan, scoring 18 targets in all competitions.
The Italian value only a fraction of Suarez’s sale value at £16m, and a fraction of the expertise is what they received in return as Balotelli failed to fireside on Merseyside. And Rodgers ought to have caught to his weapons, bringing the ahead again to England regardless of saying solely weeks prior: “I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.”
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The controversial frontman netted simply 4 instances in 28 outings for Rodgers, leaving the membership for a mortgage return to Milan the next 12 months earlier than becoming a member of Nice on a free in 2016. Hardly the excess Liverpool followers had been hoping to search out of their inheritor to the Suarez throne.
Rodgers did additionally signal Divock Origi and Rickie Lambert in the summertime of 2014, although the previous was instantly loaned again to Lille earlier than later changing into a membership cult hero beneath Jurgen Klopp, whereas the latter didn’t flatter in his sole season at Anfield. As we all know now, the Reds would go on to get better from the lack of Suarez, however Rodgers fell painfully broad of the mark in his short-term options.