Liverpool have always been heavyweights in the transfer market, but there has often been a sense that they haven’t signed what they need, and instead have been attempting to fill the gaps with quantity rather than quality.
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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the club’s last title victory in 1990, and former striker John Aldridge has said that many of the current crop wouldn’t fit into the reserve side of the 70s and 80s.
Below, we take a closer look at who the club have signed since then, and leave it to you to decide whether they have spent the £770m wisely or whether it’s largely been a waste.
1990:
Ronny Rosenthal Standard Liege £1,000,000 June 1990
Tony Cousins Dundalk £70,000 October 1990
Don Hutchison Hartlepool £175,000 November 1990
1991:
Jimmy Carter Millwall £800,000 January 1991
Jamie Redknapp Bournemouth £350,000 January 1991
David Speedie Coventry £675,000 January 1991
Mark Wright Derby £2,200,000 July 1991
Dean Saunders Derby £2,900,000 July 1991
Mark Walters Rangers £1,250,000 August 1991
Rob Jones Crewe £300,000 October 1991
Michael Thomas Arsenal £1,500,000 December 1991
1992:
Istvan Kozma Dunfermilne £300,000 February 1992
Lee Jones Wrexham £300,000 March 1992
Scott Paterson Cove Rangers £15,000 March 1992
David James Watford £1,000,000 July 1992
Paul Stewart Tottenham £2,300,000 July 1992
Torben Piechnik FC Copenhagen £500,000 September 1992
Stig Inge Bjørnebye Rosenborg £600,000 December 1992
1993:
Nigel Clough Nottingham Forest £2,275,000 June 1993
Neil Ruddock Tottenham £2,500,000 July 1993
Julian Dicks West Ham Player Exchange September 1993
1994:
Mark Gayle Crewe On Loan February 1994
Michael Stensgaard Hvidovre £400,000 June 1994
Phil Babb Coventry £3,600,000 September 1994
John Scales Wimbledon £3,500,000 September 1994
1995:
Mark Kennedy Millwall £1,500,000 March 1995
Alec Chamberlain Sunderland Loan March 1995
Stan Collymore Nottingham Forest £8,500,000 July 1995
Stephen Pears Middlesbrough Free August 1995
Jason McAteer Bolton £4,500,000 September 1995
1996:
Patrik Berger Borussia Dortmund £3,250,000 August 1996
Nicky Rizzo Sidney Olympic Free September 1996
1997:
Bjorn Tore Kvarme Free Transfer Free January 1997
Oyvind Leonhardsen Wimbledon £3,500,0002 June 1997
Paul Ince Inter Milan £4,200,000 July 1997
Danny Murphy Crewe £1,500,000 July 1997
Karl-Heinz Riedle Borussia Dortmund £1,800,000 July 1997
Jorgen Nielsen Hvidovre £400,000 August 1997
Haukur I. Gudnason Keflavik £150,000 December 1997
Brad Friedel Columbus Crew £1,000,000 December 1997
1998:
Sean Dundee Karlsruhe £1,800,000 June 1998
Steve Staunton Free Transfer July 1998
Vegard Heggem Rosenborg £3,500,000 July 1998
Jean Michel Ferri Istanbulspor £1,500,000 November 1998
1999:
Frode Kippe Lillestro £700,000 January 1999
Rigobert Song Salernitana £2,600,000 January 1999
Djimi Traore Laval £550,000 February 1999
Sami Hyypia Willem II £2,500,000 May 1999
Vladimir Smicer Lens £3,750,000 May 1999
Titi Camara Marseille £2,600,000 June 1999
Stephane Henchoz Blackburn £3,500,000 June 1999
Sander Westerveld Vitesse Arnhem £4,000,000 June 1999
Erik Meijer Free Transfer Free July 1999
Didi Hamann Newcastle £8,000,000 July 1999
2000:
Emile Heskey Leicester £11,000,000 March 2000
Bernard Diomede Auxerre £3,000,000 June 2000
Gary McAllister Free Transfer Free July 2000
Pegguy Arphexad Free Transfer July 2000
Markus Babbel Free Transfer July 2000
Nick Barmby Everton £6,000,000 July 2000
Christian Ziege Middlesbrough £5,500,000 August 2000
Gregory Vignal Montpellier £500,000 September 2000
Daniel Sjolund West Ham £1,000,000 November 2000
Igor Biscan Dynamo Zagreb £5,500,000 December 2000
2001:
Jari Litmanen Barcelona Free January 2001
John Arne Riise Monaco £4,000,000 June 2001
Milan Baros Banik Ostrav £3,200,000 July 2001
Chris Kirkland Coventry £6,000,000 August 2001
Jerzy Dudek Feyenoord £4,850,000 August 2001
Nicolas Anelka Paris St Germain On Loan December 2001
2002:
Abel Xavier Everton £750,000 January 2002
Bruno Cheyrou Lille £3,700,000 May 2002
El Hadji Diouf Lens £10,000,000 June 2002
Alou Diarra Bayern Munich Free July 2002
Patrice Luzi Free Transfer July 2002
Salif Diao Sedan £4,700,000 August 2002
2003:
Anthony Le Tallec Le Havre £1,500,000 July 2003
Florent Sinama-Pongolle Le Havre £1,500,000 July 2003
Steve Finnan Fulham £3,500,000 July 2003
Harry Kewell Leeds £5,000,000 July 2003
Carl Medjani Saint-Étienne Free August 2003
2004:
Paul Jones Southampton On Loan January 2004
Djibril Cissé Auxerre £14,500,000 July 2004
Josemi Rey Malaga £2,000,000 July 2004
Antonio Nunez Real Madrid £1,500,000 August 2004
Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad £10,700,000 August 2004
Luis Garcia Barcelona £6,000,000 August 2004
2005:
Mauricio Pellegrino Valencia Free January 2005
Fernando Morientes Real Madrid £6,300,000 January 2005
Scott Carson Leeds £1,000,000 January 2005
Bolo Zenden Free Transfer July 2005
Pepe Reina Villareal £6,000,000 July 2005
Antonio Barragan Sevilla £240,000 July 2005
Momo Sissoko Valencia £5,600,000 July 2005
Peter Crouch Southampton £7,000,000 July 2005
Miki Roque Lleida Unknown August 2005
Godwin Antwi Real Zaragoza Unknown August 2005
Jack Hobbs Lincoln £750,000 August 2005
Besian Idrizaj LASK Linz £190,000 August 2005
Mark Gonzalez Albacete £1,500,000 October 2005
2006:
Paul Anderson Hull Player Exchange January 2006
Jan Kromkamp Villareal Player Exchange January 2006
David Martin MK Dons £250,000 January 2006
Daniel Agger Brondby £5,800,000 January 2006
Robbie Fowler Manchester City Free January 2006
Craig Bellamy Blackburn £6,000,000 July 2006
Gabriel Paletta Club Atletico Banfield £2,000,000 July 2006
Fabio Aurelio Free Transfer July 2006
Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 July 2006
Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 August 2006
Nabil El Zhar Saint-Etienne £200,000 August 2006
2007:
Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000 January 2007,
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria On Loan January 2007,
Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed January 2007,
Francisco Durán Malaga £66,000 January 2007,
Álvaro Arbeloa Deportivo La Coruna £2,500,000 January 2007,
Lucas Leiva Gremio £5,000,000 May 2007,
Krisztian Németh MTK Hungaria Undisclosed May 2007,
Mikel Domínguez Athletic Bilbao £270,000 June 2007
Sebastian Leto Club Atletico Lanus £1,800,000 July 2007
Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 July 2007
Andriy Voronin Free Transfer July 2007
Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 July 2007
Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 July 2007
Damien Plessis Lyon Undisclosed July 2007
Dani Pacheco Barcelona Undisclosed July 2007
David Amoo Millwall Unknown July 2007
Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed August 2007
Emiliano Insua Boca Juniors £1,675,000 August 2007
Lauri Dalla Valle JIPPO £600,000 November 2007
2008:
Martin Skrtel Zenit Saint Petersburg £6,500,000 January 2008
Javier Mascherano GSA & MSL £18,600,000 February 2008
Philipp Degen Free Transfer July 2008
Andrea Dossena Udinese £7,000,000 July 2008
Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras £3,500,000 July 2008
David N’Gog Paris St Germain £1,500,000 July 2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £19,000,000 July 2008
Albert Riera Espanyol £8,000,000 August 2008
Peter Gulacsi MTK Hungaria Unknown August 2008
2009:
Glen Johnson Portsmouth £17,500,000 June 2009
Alberto Aquilani Roma £17,100,000 August 2009
Sotirios Kyrgiakos AEK Athens £2,000,000 August 2009
Daniel Ayala Sevilla £160,000 September 2009
2010:
Maxi Rodriguez Atletico Madrid Free January 2010
Raheem Sterling QPR £500,000 February 2010
Jonjo Shelvey Charlton £1,700,000 May 2010
Milan Jovanovic Standard Liege Free July 2010
Joe Cole Free Transfer Free July 2010
Danny Wilson Rangers £2,000,000 July 2010
Fábio Aurelio Free Transfer July 2010
Christian Poulsen Juventus £4,550,000 August 2010
Brad Jones Middlesbrough £2,300,000 August 2010
Raul Meireles Porto £11,500,000 August 2010
Paul Konchesky Fulham £3,500,000 August 2010
Suso Cadiz Unknown August 2010
2011:
Luis Suarez Ajax £22,800,000 January 2011
Andy Carroll Newcastle £35,000,000 January 2011
Jordan Henderson Sunderland £16,000,000 June 2011
Charlie Adam Blackpool £6,750,000 July 2011
Alexander Doni Roma Free July 2011
Stewart Downing Aston Villa £18,500,000 July 2011
Jose Enrique Newcastle £6,000,000 August 2011
Sebastian Coates Nacional £4,900,000 August 2011
Craig Bellamy Manchester City Free August 2011
Jordon Ibe Wycombe £500,000 December 2011
2012:
Joao Carlos Teixeira Sporting Lisbon £830,000 January 2012
Fabio Borini Roma £10,400,000 July 2012
Joe Allen Swansea City £15,000,000 August 2012
Oussama Assaidi Heerenveen £3,000,000 August 2012
Nuri Sahin Real Madrid On Loan August 2012
Samed Yesil Bayer Leverkusen £1,000,000 August 2012
2013:
Daniel Sturridge Chelsea £12,000,000 January 2013
Philippe Coutinho Inter Milan £8,500,000 January 2013
Luis Alberto Sevilla £6,800,000 June 2013
Iago Aspas Celta Vigo £7,000,000 June 2013
Simon Mignolet Sunderland £9,000,000 June 2013
Kolo Toure Free Transfer July 2013
Aly Cissokho Valencia On Loan August 2013
Mamadou Sakho Paris St Germain £15,000,000 September 2013
Tiago Ilori Sporting Lisbon £7,000,000 September 2013
Victor Moses Chelsea On Loan September 2013
2014:
Rickie Lambert Southampton £4,500,000 June 2014
Adam Lallana Southampton £25,000,000 July 2014
Emre Can Bayer Leverkusen £9,750,000 July 2014
Lazar Markovic Benfica £19,800,000 July 2014
Dejan Lovren Southampton £20,000,000 July 2014
Divick Origi Lille £9,800,000 July 2014
Javier Manquillo Atletico Madrid On Loan August 2014
Alberto Moreno Sevilla £12,000,000 August 2014
Mario Balotelli AC Milan £16,000,000 August 2014