ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:21 am wrote:Lallana in Pyjamas » Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:00 pm wrote:ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:50 pm wrote:In the 70's and 80's we spent big money to stay on top, we didn't stay on top on a shoestring budget.
We spent money when players left and replaced them
We sold Keegan and replaced him with Kenny
We sold Rush and replaced him for Barnes , Beardsley and Aldo
We certainly didn’t “spend big money” unless players left
In fact pretty much how the club is run now
https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/liv ... fc/1978/6/
Who left when we broke the club record fee on Mark Lawrenson or broke the world transfer record for an U21 player in Ian Rush? It's far too simplistic to say we spent money only when players left, we spent a lot of money to stay at the top.
We didn’t “spend a lot of money” - the club still worked within its budget as opposed to the whims or billionares and loans
When Lawernson was bought - multiple players left
Ian Rush only cost £300k
Just because it was a record for an U21 doesn’t mean it was lots of money
Remember we sold Keegan for £200k more than that 3 years previously
Many clubs were paying over a million for players - I believe it was Beardsley who was our first and that was paid for by the selling of Ian Rush
The club back then acted just like they are now , they bought sensibly within budgets and scouted properly to get the right players