Spending

[Guest prophet]

Anyone know how much Rafas spent? BOught and sold?

TIA

[meepins]

Twelvety pounds, not sure on the conversion rate to euros.

 

Hope this helps.

[Guest prophet]

Players bought by Rafael Benítez

 

Player From Fee Date

Josemi Rey Malaga £2,000,000 26.07.2004

Antonio Nunez Real Madrid £1,500,000* 17.08.2004

Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad £10,700,000 20.08.2004

Luis Garcia Barcelona £6,000,000 20.08.2004

Mauricio Pellegrino Valencia Free 05.01.2005

Fernando Morientes Real Madrid £6,300,000 13.01.2005

Scott Carson Leeds United £1,000,000 21.01.2005

Josh Mimms Rotherham United £50,000 16.06.2005

Antonio Barragan Sevilla £240,000 04.07.2005

Boudewijn Zenden Free Transfer Free* 04.07.2005

Jose Reina Villareal £6,000,000 04.07.2005

Mohamed Sissoko Valencia £5,600,000 14.07.2005

Peter Crouch Southampton £7,000,000 20.07.2005

Godwin Antwi Real Zaragoza Unknown 15.08.2005

Miki Roque Lleida Unknown 15.08.2005

Jack Hobbs Lincoln City £150,000* 18.08.2005

Besian Idrizaj LASK Linz £190,000* 22.08.2005

Ramon Calliste Free Transfer Free* 29.08.2005

Mark Gonzalez Albacete £1,500,000* 20.10.2005

Paul Anderson Hull City Player Exchange* 01.01.2006

Jan Kromkamp Villareal Player Exchange* 04.01.2006

Daniel Agger Brøndby £5,800,000 12.01.2006

David Martin MK Dons £250,000* 12.01.2006

Robbie Fowler Man City Free 27.01.2006

Craig Bellamy Blackburn £6,000,000 01.07.2006

Gabriel Paletta Club Atlético Banfield £2,000,000 04.07.2006

Fábio Aurélio Valencia Free 05.07.2006

Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 26.07.2006

Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 18.08.2006

Nabil El Zhar St Etienne £200,000 21.08.2006

Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000* 11.01.2007

Daniele Padelli Sampdoria On Loan* 12.01.2007

Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed* 24.01.2007

Francisco Durán Malaga £66,000* 30.01.2007

Ronald Huth Tacuary FC Undisclosed 31.01.2007

Álvaro Arbeloa Deportivo £2,500,000 31.01.2007

Javier Mascherano West Ham On Loan 20.02.2007

Lucas Pezzini Leiva Gremio £5,000,000 11.05.2007

Sebastian Leto Club Atlético Lanús £1,800,000 01.07.2007

Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 04.07.2007

Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free* 06.07.2007

Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 12.07.2007

Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 13.07.2007

Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 09.08.2007

Emiliano Insúa Boca Juniors £1,300,000* 26.08.2007

 

 

Rafael Benítez bought 45 players for £126,296,000

 

 

Players sold by Rafael Benítez

 

Player To Fee Date

Markus Babbel VfB Stuttgart Free 16.07.2004

Danny Murphy Charlton £2,500,000 10.08.2004

Michael Owen Real Madrid £8,500,000* 14.08.2004

Stephane Henchoz Celtic Free 28.01.2005

Vladimir Smicer Bordeaux Free 13.06.2005

El Hadji Diouf Bolton £3,500,000 15.06.2005

Mauricio Pellegrino Alaves Free* 17.06.2005

Alou Diarra Lens £2,000,000 23.06.2005

Mark Smyth Unknown Free* 01.07.2005

Paul Harrison Unknown Free* 01.07.2005

Richie Partridge Unknown Free* 01.07.2005

Gregory Vignal Portsmouth Free* 01.07.2005

Igor Biscan Panathinaikos Free* 01.07.2005

Jon Otsemobor Rotherham United Free* 01.07.2005

Patrice Luzi Unknown Free* 01.07.2005

Antonio Nunez Celta Vigo £2,000,000* 29.07.2005

Milan Baros Aston Villa £6,500,000 23.08.2005

John Welsh Hull City Player Exchange* 01.01.2006

Josemi Rey Villareal Player Exchange* 02.01.2006

Zak Whitbread Millwall £200,000 13.06.2006

Bruno Cheyrou Rennes Undisclosed 29.06.2006

Ramon Calliste Unknown Free* 01.07.2006

Robbie Foy Unknown Free* 01.07.2006

David Raven Carlisle £0* 03.07.2006

Fernando Morientes Valencia £3,000,000 05.07.2006

Dietmar Hamann Bolton Free 11.07.2006

Antonio Barragan Deportivo £675,000 03.08.2006

Djimi Traore Charlton £2,000,000 09.08.2006

Carl Medjani Lorient Free 12.08.2006

Neil Mellor Preston £500,000 30.08.2006

Jan Kromkamp PSV Eindhoven £1,750,000 31.08.2006

Chris Kirkland Wigan Ath. £3,500,000* 27.10.2006

Darren Potter Wolves £250,000* 18.01.2007

Stephen Warnock Blackburn £1,500,000 22.01.2007

Salif Diao Stoke Free 25.01.2007

Florent S Pongolle Recreativo de Huelva £2,700,000 04.05.2007

Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Returns from loan 08.06.2007

Danny O' Donnell Crewe £100,000 13.06.2007

Jerzy Dudek Real Madrid Free* 01.07.2007

Robbie Fowler Cardiff Free* 01.07.2007

Boudewijn Zenden Marseille Free* 01.07.2007

Luis Garcia Atletico Madrid £4,000,000 03.07.2007

Djibril Cissé Marseille £6,000,000 09.07.2007

Craig Bellamy West Ham £7,500,000 10.07.2007

Mark Gonzalez Real Betis £3,500,000 17.07.2007

Gabriel Paletta Boca Juniors £1,200,000* 26.08.2007

James Smith Stockport Cou. Free 28.12.2007

 

 

Rafael Benítez sold 47 players for £63,375,000

 

So a Net Spending of £62,921,000

 

Thats not too bad..........

[Gray - YPC]

I'd argue that the only flops on that list (though I've not considered the kids) are:

 

Josemi

Morientes

Paletta

Leto

 

I guess others may say the following, but listed is why I don't:

Gonzalez - Made money on him

Bellamy - Did a job and made money on him

Pellegrino - Free & kept Sami fresh for Europe

Kuyt - 6 months ago I'd have in the the maybe list, so he deserves more time before I write him off as a flop.

Nunez - Didn't lose money on him. Did a job at a time when the squad as weaker.

Kromkamp - Didn't lose money on him and it meant we got rid of Josemi - actually, he's a HIT for that!!

Aurelio - On a free so no real loss. Still a better option than Riise when fit

Pennant - Paid over the odds, but done a decent job, whilst not being good enough for a title winning XI

 

I guess the problem is that not many have been 'brilliant' signings.

[Guest prophet]

Think we have bot too many mid quality players eg Momo, Pennant, Aurelio, Gonzalez,etc whereas we could have spend on one world class midfielder esp(i know, easier said than done). Just wondering now that we should NOT buy anymore and wait till summer to splash out on just two or three players(World class) in these positions: CB, Rite back and Left Wing.

 

Anyone like to fill in the names?

[oojason]

I'd argue that the only flops on that list (though I've not considered the kids) are:

 

Josemi

Morientes

Paletta

Leto

 

I guess others may say the following, but listed is why I don't:

Gonzalez - Made money on him

Bellamy - Did a job and made money on him

Pellegrino - Free & kept Sami fresh for Europe

Kuyt - 6 months ago I'd have in the the maybe list, so he deserves more time before I write him off as a flop.

Nunez - Didn't lose money on him. Did a job at a time when the squad as weaker.

Kromkamp - Didn't lose money on him and it meant we got rid of Josemi - actually, he's a HIT for that!!

Aurelio - On a free so no real loss. Still a better option than Riise when fit

Pennant - Paid over the odds, but done a decent job, whilst not being good enough for a title winning XI

 

I guess the problem is that not many have been 'brilliant' signings.

 

 

Bit harsh on Leto - the lad has only been here 6 months (?) - could still have be a decent 2nd choice left mid in a couple of seasons?

 

Josemi seemed to lose form - started well, then just went downhill - £2m wouldn't call him a flop, more of a risk and like you say it all ended up with us getting the classy Arbeloa in the end with not much money wasted

 

 

 

prophet - Gonzalez is gone mate - and Aurelio may be injured a fair bit but he is above 'mid-average'. Momo seems to be gone (£££'s please - and good luck to the lad), and Pennant gives us something which few other players in our squad can give - genuine width and ability to stretch the opposition defence (remember the narrow-midfield end days of GH's reign?) - if we can get better wide layers in then great - until then keep Pennant as he gives us another possibility that we'd otherwise be lacking...

[Lanus]

Think we have bot too many mid quality players eg Momo, Pennant, Aurelio, Gonzalez,etc whereas we could have spend on one world class midfielder esp(i know, easier said than done). Just wondering now that we should NOT buy anymore and wait till summer to splash out on just two or three players(World class) in these positions: CB, Rite back and Left Wing.

 

Anyone like to fill in the names?

 

I think the purchase of Torres was the first step in the drastic improvement of our first 11. Having said that, do we have the money now? Are the owners broke or is it all a smoke screen...? who knows, but another top class striker is needed.

 

Going back to Rafa's signings though, i tihnk he's done pretty well.. I think the likes of Alonso, Torres, Babel and more are players that we just wouldnt have been able to attract to the club before Rafa took charge.. they'd have gone to man utd or the likes if Houllier was still in charge.

[Tim]

Gonzales cost us £4m while Aurelio cost us £2m as he'd already signed a pre-contract with another team. We also only got £2.7m for Garcia.

[Guest Barcamania]

I'd argue that the only flops on that list (though I've not considered the kids) are:

 

Josemi

Morientes

Paletta

Leto

 

I guess others may say the following, but listed is why I don't:

Gonzalez - Made money on him

Bellamy - Did a job and made money on him

Pellegrino - Free & kept Sami fresh for Europe

Kuyt - 6 months ago I'd have in the the maybe list, so he deserves more time before I write him off as a flop.

Nunez - Didn't lose money on him. Did a job at a time when the squad as weaker.

Kromkamp - Didn't lose money on him and it meant we got rid of Josemi - actually, he's a HIT for that!!

Aurelio - On a free so no real loss. Still a better option than Riise when fit

Pennant - Paid over the odds, but done a decent job, whilst not being good enough for a title winning XI

 

I guess the problem is that not many have been 'brilliant' signings.

What does "made money" mean?

If you want to be that pedantic, then include something like "lost a year" for the players, who have been useless and just a waste of space in a squad for one year. After all, because of those players not performing as expected Liverpool is where it's now.

[jimmylibel]

Gonzales cost us £4m while Aurelio cost us £2m as he'd already signed a pre-contract with another team. We also only got £2.7m for Garcia.

 

According to the Echo and other reports Gonzalez cost £1.5 million.

[Maldini]

How is Leto a flop?

[growler]

what about pacheco and bruna?

[Ostrich Man]

Anyone know how much Rafas spent? BOught and sold?

TIA

not enough?

[Lanus]

Am I the only one who thinks Rafa's latest round of spending was a success? he gets so much stick but he can only buy the players he can afford. The one time he pays for a top player, he hits the jackpot... I dunno where this anti rafa talk is coming from to be honest.

[oojason]

I dunno where this anti rafa talk is coming from to be honest.

 

 

probably from the same idiots who booed vs wigan - and the same idiots that'll moan when the commentator announces that Rafa has rotated lots again when in fact Aurelio, Alby and Gerrard are injured...

 

and the same idiots who don't realise that Rafa is the best man for the job.

[kop205]

Maybe we can give Rafa some extra spending money from our share of the gate receipts that we are refusing to let Luton keep apparently.

 

Now, I have no love for Luton, being old enough to remember away-fan bans, plastic pitches and no-shows for FA cup ties due to snow, nor do I know how much of their current predicament is self-inflicted - but are we really the same club who only a few years ago allowed Sunderland to defer on the full fee for Stephen Wright until if/when they got promoted?

[Rimbeux]

Maybe we can give Rafa some extra spending money from our share of the gate receipts that we are refusing to let Luton keep apparently.

 

Now, I have no love for Luton, being old enough to remember away-fan bans, plastic pitches and no-shows for FA cup ties due to snow, nor do I know how much of their current predicament is self-inflicted - but are we really the same club who only a few years ago allowed Sunderland to defer on the full fee for Stephen Wright until if/when they got promoted?

 

 

We need it as much as they do!

[Billy Dane]

Not impressed with Luton making it public tbh, so f*** them. We've put our hands in our pockets plenty of times in the past for the likes of Wrexham.

[kop205]

We've put our hands in our pockets plenty of times in the past for the likes of Wrexham.

 

Which is kind of my point isn't it?

 

Do we not do that anymore? Or there is a particular reason why we haven't in this instance (other than needing it ourselves!)?

 

They are genuine questions. Like I said, I don't know the ins and outs of it all so I'm not making any sweeping judgements. It just seems that this is the kind of thing that we used to sneer at other clubs for doing.

 

With everything else going on regarding the running of the club, it could be seen as another example of taking us away from the values we once stood for I suppose.

 

I don't want to make a huge issue of it and if there is a genuine explanation then all well and good. I was just a bit sad when I heard the story is all.

[hideNseek]

Aurelio is a class player and no where near average, just always injured:-(

[surf]

Rafa's transfer dealings have been excellent. His 'poor' signings (which every manager has) haven't been costly, as we've recouped our money on them. My only complaint would be too many squad players in relation to the amount of top signings.

He's spent excellent money.

[Kop_90]

Anyone got a comparison of how much we have spent in Rafa's time at the club compared with Utd, a*** and Chelsea.

 

Heard a rumour that Utd only paid approx 7-8 million for Anderson and Nani with the rest of the fee depending on appearances and wining trophies. Seem's a small fee compared to the add on's if true.

 

Are most deals similar to this these days.

[Big E]

I'd also be interested to know about net spending from the likes of Villa, Everton, Spurs and Portsmouth, as its these teams we're competing with at the moment according to the press.

[Tommok]

Even factoring in the money spent recently on Mascherano and the amount received for Sissoko - the net spend is pretty decent really esp when nearly a third of it went on Torres.

 

It is entirely possible that one/some of the younger players he has bought could turn out to excellent buys in the way that Carson now looks a shrewd bit of business - if we sell him or keep him as back-up.

[pipnasty]

Could somebody please spend the next 6 hours looking up and posting the net spends of all Premiership Clubs + La Liga clubs since 1995 so that I can prove that Rafa is crap, please?

 

Ta