da roleta： From Mohamed Salah to Darwin Nunez, Andy Carroll to Virgil van Dijk, the Reds have spent some big money down the years
da marjack bet： Though smartness in the transfer market is what has defined Liverpool’s rise to prominence under Jurgen Klopp, one of the undeniable facts of modern football is that you rarely get anywhere without spending money.
The Reds, generally, have spent theirs well in recent years, bringing in a host of players who have gone to become global stars at Anfield.
Their list of hits has grown each year, helping erase the memory of some high-profile, and big-money, flops under previous managers.
Here, GOAL takes a look at the top 15 most expensive signings in Liverpool history…
Liverpool top 15 most expensive transfers of all timeGetty Images15Sadio Mane | £34m | Southampton | 2016
Another signing which helped transform the club under Klopp. Mane was actually only signed once a move for Bayern Munich’s Mario Gotze fell through, but what a player the Senegal star proved to be for Liverpool.
He left for Bayern in 2022 having scored 120 goals in 269 appearances, winning every club trophy possible in that time and leaving countless memories.
AdvertisementGetty Images14Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £35m | Arsenal | 2017
Had it not been for the serious knee injury he suffered late in his first season at Anfield, then Oxlade-Chamberlain may well have been spoken about as another of Klopp’s great signings.
The England international was flying at the time, but he has never truly got back to the same level since, having to content himself with a squad role as Klopp’s side achieved domestic and European glory.
He’s still had some big moments, and has always been popular with fans, team-mates and coaches alike, but there will always be that feeling of ‘what might have been?’ with the former Arsenal man.
Getty Images13Andy Carroll | £35m | Newcastle | 2011
One of the most dramatic signings in Liverpool’s history, the big striker arrived at the club via helicopter on the last day of the January transfer window in 2011, signed along with Luis Suarez after Fernando Torres’ £50m ($59m) move to Chelsea.
Carroll tried hard at Anfield, and while he left some abiding memories – a winner against Everton at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final, for example – he never truly found his feet on Merseyside. He would later admit that he never really wanted to leave Newcastle, and in the end he would be loaned, and then sold, to West Ham, with Liverpool settling for a hefty loss on their investment.
Getty Images12Alexis Mac Allister | £35m | Brighton | 2023
The signing of Mac Allister came as a very timely boost after the Jude Bellingham blow.
The primary reason for the Reds' surprising struggles in 2022-23 had long been obvious: an ageing midfield. Jurgen Klopp's team were in dire need of rejuvenation and, in Mac Allister, Liverpool acquired a midfielder who is industrious, innovative and versatile – and for 'just' £35m.
We really could be talking about the steal of the summer here. After all, Mac Allister's World Cup-winning team-mate Enzo Fernandez cost three times as much!