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[fivecups]

The complete transfers of Gerard Houllier

INS
Jan 1999: Jean-Michel Ferri from Istanbulspor £1.5million
Jan 1999: Frode Kippe from Lillestrom £700,000
Jan 1999: Rigobert Song from Salernitana £2.7m
Feb 1999: Djimi Traore from Laval £550,000
May 1999: Sami Hyypia from Willem II £2.6m
Jun 1999: Titi Camara from Marseille £2.8m
Jun 1999: Stephane Henchoz from Blackburn £3.5m
Jun 1999: Sander Westerveld from Vitesse Arnhem £4m
Jul 1999: Dietmar Hamann from Newcastle £8m
Jul 1999: Vladimir Smicer from Lens £4m
Mar 2000: Emile Heskey from Leicester £11m
Jun 2000: Bernard Diomede from Auxerre £3m
Jul 2000: Nick Barmby from Everton £6m
Aug 2000: Christian Ziege from Middlesbrough £5.5m
Sep 2000: Gregory Vignal from Montpellier £500,000
Nov 2000: Daniel Sjolund from West Ham £1m
Dec 2000: Igor Biscan from Dynamo Zagreb £5.5m
Jun 2001: John Arne Riise from Monaco £4m
Aug 2001: Milan Baros from Banik Ostrava £3.4m
Aug 2001: Jerzy Dudek from Feyenoord £4.85m
Aug 2001: Chris Kirkland from Coventry £6m
Sep 2001: Anthony Le Tallec and Florent Sinama Pongolle from Le Havre £6m
Jan 2002: Abel Xavier from Everton £800,000
Jun 2002: El-Hadji Diouf from Lens £10m
Jul 2002: Bruno Cheyrou from Lille £3.7m
Aug 2002: Salif Diao from Sedan £5m
Jul 2003: Steve Finnan from Fulham £3.5m
Jul 2003: Harry Kewell from Leeds £5m
Total: £128,600,000


OUTS
Jan `99  Jason McAteer         Blackburn             £4million
Mar `99  Steve Harkness        Benfica               £750,000
Mar `99  Danny Williams        Wrexham               Free
Jun `99  David James           Aston Villa           £1.7million
Jul `99  Steve McManaman       Real Madrid           Free
Jul `99  Jean-Michel Ferri     Sochaux               £1.5million
Jul `99  Tony Warner           Millwall              Free
Jul `99  Jamie Cassidy         Cambridge             Free
Jul `99  Sean Dundee           Stuttgart             £1million
Jul `99  Paul Ince             Middlesbrough         £1million
Aug `99  Oyvind Leonhardsen    Tottenham             £3million
Aug `99  Bjorn Tore Kvarme     St Etienne            £1million
Sep `99  Karlheinz Riedle      Fulham                £200,000
Jan `00  Ian Dunbavin          Shrewsbury            Free
Mar `00  Eifion Jones          Blackpool             Free
Jun `00  Stig Inge Bjornebye   Blackburn             £300,000
Jul `00  John Boardman         Burnley               Free
Aug `00  Dominic Matteo        Leeds                 Undisclosed
Nov `00  Brad Friedel          Blackburn             Free
Dec `00  Erik Meijer           Hamburg               Free
Jun `01  Ian Armstrong         Port Vale             Free
Jul `01  Christian Ziege       Tottenham             £4million
Nov `01  Robbie Fowler         Leeds                 £11million
Dec `01  Sander Westerveld     Real Sociedad         £3.49million
Jan `02  Alan Navarro          Tranmere              £225,000
Feb `02  Frode Kippe           Lillestrom            Undisclosed
Apr `02  John Miles            Stoke                 Free
May `02  Gary McAllister       Coventry              Free
Jul `02  Jorgen Nielsen        Farum                 Undisclosed
Jul `02  Jamie Redknapp        Tottenham             Free
Aug `02  Nick Barmby           Leeds                 £2.75million
Aug `02  Neil Prince           Torquay               Free
Aug `02  Stephen Wright        Sunderland            £3million
Aug `02  Jari Litmanen         Ajax                  Free
Jun `03  Patrik Berger         Portsmouth            Free
Jun `03  Mark Peers            Raith                 Free
Jul `03  Andrew Nicholas       Swindon               Free
Aug `03  Pegguy Arphexad       Coventry              Free
Jan `04  Daniel Sjolund        Djurgardens           Free
May `04  Emile Heskey          Birmingham            £6.25million
TOTAL MONEY RECOUPED (from disclosed sales): £45.165million.

[kenco]

yer ****** is'nt it

[greenred]

The 11million for Fowler shouldnt count as he wasnt a Houllier signing and he was worth a lot more before GH took over.That money for Heskey hasnt even been recieved yet.

[azriahmad]

Guys, go to the BBC news website at [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/3742003.stm] and read Alan Hansen's article on "Why Houllier had to go". He got it spot on when he said this:-

There was just too much mediocrity for the fans to accept.

Supporters may accept an unadventurous style of play if you are challenging for the major prizes, but Liverpool were not and some of the performances at Anfield, in particular, were desperate.

Liverpool's fans were becoming disillusioned and I think this played a massive part in the decision.

There were times when they could have been more adventurous and aggressive and it was hard to see Michael Owen stranded on his own up front at Anfield, of all places.

I also think the fact that Liverpool Football Club, one way or another, is about to have a massive cash injection of £60m, may also have played a part.

The next two or three signings will be crucial to the future of the club, and maybe the board were worried about Gerard's recent track record.

I always feel if you sign five players and three work out, that's a fair ratio. Too many of Liverpool's were not working out.

There is always an element of gamble when you buy big, for example I was one of many who thought the signing of Juan Sebastian Veron would ensure Manchester United regained the Champions League.

Wrong.
There may have been a turning point in Gerard's reign in 2002, when he signed Salif Diao, Bruno Cheyrou and El-Hadji Diouf for a combined £20m.

None of those signings have worked, and no matter how big the club is, that outlay for little return cannot be sustained. It is a massive drain on resources.

Look at Wenger and Ferguson's transfer record. Yes, they have made some big errors, but if three out of five big signing work out and improve the squad in terms of the playing advancement, then that is an acceptable ratio. However, Houllier is nowhere near this ratio.

In fact, the team has been mired in mediocrity and it gets worse as time goes by. Ture, we don't lose heavily and it is argueable that Houllier's team are defensively an improvement over those of Evans and Souness. However, the attack is worse as we can't really score well, especially against well organised teams.

For being in the 6th year in charge after having been given 128 million pounds to spend, Houllier's results do not merit any more extension to his tenure. In fact, he was lucky not to have been sacked earlier.

[stmichael]

houllier made some very good signings during his reign but unfortunately he also made some very bad ones who were not suited to english football.

take el-hadji diouf for example. i don't think that he is a bad footballer by any means. i just think he is a footballer that was overpriced and was never going to fit into gerard houllier's setup.

as for biscan at 5.5m and diao at 5m, are you having a laugh or what?

[Stan Laurel]

Look, forget about Houllier now. He's gone for good. It is about time for us to move on and start a new fresh now.
There is no point to talk about Houllier's transfer. It is finished now.

[JBG]

Incidentally I have heard from a number of sources that the Robbie Fowler transfer to Leeds was actually closer to 13million rather than the published 11million.

Apparently Houllier let it slip recently that Leeds paid more than they made out and I think I remember a story where one of the new Leeds chairman after Peter Risdale opened the books and found that the club had paid far more for players than they let on.

[Roger Red Hat]

No wonder they're f@cking skint

ha ha ha ha ha ha haha

[Gareth G]

Well, whoever comes in and takes over the hot seat may be able to get the best out of the likes of Diouf, maybe they will buck up and look at it as a fresh start to try and impress.

An example of what i am talking about would be Angel under O'Leary's managment.