The issue with Livermore is that we paid £11m for his services. The majority of WBA singings in last 20 yrs have been sensational, which has given rise to multiple Greed League seasons.
Just a selection -
Koren FREE
Olsson £850K
McAuley FREE
Gera £1.5m
Mulumbu £100K
Pereira £8.5m
Koumas £2.5m
Clement £100K
Robinson P £450K
Odemwingie £1.5m
Livermore doesn't scream VFM at £11m, all we are getting now is longevity.
At least he's not as bad as Burke, who is the worst signing in our history by a million miles
I suspect most clubs could pick out 10 good deals in 20 years. We have probably signed 100 players in that time. I’m not sure 1 in 10 is enough to call our business sensational.
Our big money signings have been poor in the main. Sessegnon, Ideye, Chadli, Burke, Zohore, Anichebe, Grant (to date), Livermore, Chester, Mcmanaman, Valero, Zheng. That’s 12 of our top 20 biggest fees according to Transfermarkt that have not provided value. That’s far too many. When we do get one (Pereira) we let him go far too easily.