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Even Liverpool's core offensive players like Sterling have been sold by Liverpool at a high price, let alone other players.

It has to be said that the Liverpool management's move to scare chickens and monkeys at the beginning of the transfer window has indeed deterred many players' agents who are ready to move.

Selling an offensive "thigh" like Sterling, after declaring to some agents that Liverpool is not a winner, nor is it a local emperor who will conquer the world without restraint after winning too many honors.

The price is whatever the price should be. For Liverpool, the club has the final say on how much the players' salaries will increase.

If you are dissatisfied, explain in advance, the big deal is to break up, let the player find another home early.

Sometimes, transfers are not a matter of lip service.

Especially for players, if they threaten the team with a transfer, they must consider the risk of leaving the team.

As far as the future planning of a professional player is concerned, players with a certain tactical status in the original team are generally unwilling to leave the team easily when the salary is similar.

After all, in a new environment and a new team, even though the wages may be a bit high at this stage, it is still unknown whether they can adapt to the cycle of the new team and whether they can play their best.

In comparison, it is better to continue to grow slowly in the original team and continue to use performance to win higher salaries. It is more certain.

In the summer transfer window, Sterling left the team early. Although one stone caused a thousand waves, after that, there was no bad news to worry Liverpool fans.

The scenario that many Liverpool fans feared, the American owner running away and selling out the team, didn't happen.

Liverpool was the first to announce the news of a large number of player contract extensions.

Henderson until 2019, Coutinho until 2019, Emre Can until 2019…

One after another, young talents who had outstanding performances last season chose to renew their contracts one after another. It did allow Liverpool fans to see the stability of the team again and feel at ease.

Afterwards, Liverpool's gradual official announcement of new players to join allowed everyone to regain their expectations for the new season little by little, allowing everyone to see the dawn of the new season again.

After the high center forward Benteke was finalized early, Liverpool's highly cost-effective reinforcement in the transfer market continues.

First, the news of a free signing was shocking.

As compensation to the fans after Sterling left the team.

The Liverpool management took advantage of their sincerity to bring Manchester City player Milner, whose contract expired this summer, to Anfield without a visa.

As a traditional British player, Milner has a tough playing style, has an iron lung that can't run to death, and can play in multiple midfield positions, and has enough experience in the game.

For Liverpool, although they did not spend a transfer fee, it is definitely a very high-quality signing.

If it weren't for Manchester City, in order to build a team suitable for the pass control system, it is good to attract Guardiola next summer. An outstanding British player like Milner, except for rougher feet, would not be let go by Manchester City.

In addition to "big-name" players with enough practicality like Milner, Liverpool also got striker Danny Ince and goalkeeper Bogdan without a visa.

They are all effective supplements to the team's current lineup by Liverpool's management.

Of course, there are only so many free agents in the transfer every year, and most of them are "famous flowers".

If you really want to further maintain the team's combat power, you still need to pay real money to impress the transaction partner.

In response to the problem of insufficient substitute strength at the left and right full-back positions, Liverpool also spent a high price to buy players who are qualified for this position. They will form healthy competition with the original starting players and choose the best.

15 million pounds, this summer the "Red Army" once again poached a strong player from the "hometown" Southampton. Klein, who performed very well last season, came to vote, further improving the personnel composition of Liverpool's full-back position.

Gomez, who was bought from Charlton at a cost of 4 million pounds, is a buying operation carried out by the management through data screening. It bought a young defender and cultivated it slowly, which can prevent the team's injuries. Not to mention the disease crisis, you can also sell a price difference after growing up in a few years.

Almost all of them are operations of domestic players. Just when everyone thought that Liverpool might try to integrate more elements of traditional English football, Liverpool added another blockbuster transfer.

For 41 million euros, Liverpool made a fortune silently. Without much news in advance, they bought Hoffenheim midfielder Firmino at a high price.

The Brazilian performed brilliantly in the Bundesliga last season, with quite good goals and assists. However, in the eyes of many people, 41 million euros to buy a Brazilian who has performed well in the open-style Bundesliga, no matter how you look at it, the risk is too great.

Except for those South American players with a tough style and technical skills, they are actually not easy to mix when they come to the Premier League.

Di Maria, a thigh-level player who has just come to Manchester United for a season, transferred to Paris in the summer because he could not adapt to the intensity of the Premier League.

Purely technical players are likely to lose themselves in the rough fouls and extremely fast game rhythm of the Premier League.

As for Firmino, in the Hoffenheim game, his confrontation ability was actually extremely limited.

What is notable is his excellent running ability in sports warfare and his deterrence at the end.

I have to say that purely based on his performance in the Bundesliga, he is definitely a good offensive player in the midfield, but I don't know if he will be unacceptable in the Premier League.

It is also a gamble for Liverpool to pay a "sky-high" transfer fee for such a player who has not proven himself in the Premier League.

Although there is a large amount of data to support it, there are some uncertainties no matter how you look at it.

While other teams were still flying rumors and fans were waiting on trees, Liverpool had already completed the summer transfer operation quickly and accurately.

Stabilize the team structure as soon as possible and give the coach time to improve the tactical layout and player integration. This is the management philosophy brought by the management team from the Boston Red Sox.

The stability of the team and getting on track as soon as possible will help the team to play smoothly in the new season.

And Liverpool, which announced the closure of the team's transfer window early, also gave fans enough time to summarize Liverpool's summer operations.

This summer, Liverpool managed to break even perfectly.

Throughout the summer, Liverpool sold people for 95 million pounds, and one Sterling accounted for a huge amount.

As for the funds obtained from the sale, Liverpool also spent the nearly 100 million pounds after targeted reinforcements.

The addition of the full-back position, the targeted thickening of the midfield lineup, and the addition of players with outstanding strength on the front line.

Liverpool has improved in every position. As long as the team can quickly solve the offensive problems after Sterling left the team, the hardness of this Liverpool defensive end and the thickness of the substitute lineup have been greatly improved compared to last season. .

It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages after some operations, and we still have to wait for the new season to see how it turns out...