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Liverpool’s spending under Hicks and Gillett



According to former Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks, a man with a track record of telling lies (see here and here), Liverpool’s net spend under his and George Gillett’s reign was ÂĢ150m.



Speaking to Sky Sports News on Friday, following the sale of the Club to NESV, Hicks told of an “epic swindle” and a conspiracy by Martin Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre.



He also went on to blame Rafa Benitez and an “internet terrorism” campaign by the supporters.



Well, here’s the facts, Liverpool’s net spend was in fact ÂĢ27m over the tenure of Hicks and Gillett’s reign. So the Texan was only ÂĢ122m out with his claims.



Since Gillett and Hicks took charge in February 2007, Liverpool spent ÂĢ172m on players, but recouped ÂĢ144m. Hicks claims to have spent ÂĢ300m in his interview.



As has been previously detailed, Liverpool’s net spend during the past four transfer windows has been negative.



Of course that didn’t stop Harry Redknapp recently questioning why Liverpool fans were so angry at Hicks and Gillett. Just how much exactly has Harry spent in that same time period? How would the almighty Englishman feel if he had less than ÂĢ10m per season to spend on players (net)?



Let’s take the time to relive some memorable Hicks quotes:



    * “People are worried that I might take money away from the Rangers to go to Liverpool. But it is just the reverse. Liverpool is going to throw off lots of extra money which, if I choose to, I can use for the Rangers or the Stars.”

    * “When I was in the leverage buy-out business we bought Weetabix and we leveraged it up to make our return. You could say that anyone who was eating Weetabix was paying for our purchase of Weetabix. It was just business. It is the same for Liverpool.”

    * “We made a significant investment in the playing squad during the summer and desperately want this team to succeed.”



Here’s the stats, courtesy of lfchistory.net.



Players Bought



Lucas Leiva Gremio ÂĢ5,000,000 11.05.2007

KrisztiÃĄn NÃĐmeth MTK Hungaria Undisclosed 25.05.2007

Mikel Domínguez Athletic Bilbao ÂĢ270,000 28.06.2007

Sebastian Leto Club AtlÃĐtico LanÚs ÂĢ1,800,000 01.07.2007

Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid ÂĢ20,200,000 04.07.2007

Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free* 06.07.2007

Yossi Benayoun West Ham ÂĢ5,000,000 12.07.2007

Ryan Babel Ajax ÂĢ11,500,000 13.07.2007

Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 09.08.2007

Emiliano InsÚa Boca Juniors ÂĢ1,300,000* 26.08.2007

Lauri Dalla Valle JIPPO ÂĢ600,000* 08.11.2007

Martin Skrtel Zenit St Petersburg ÂĢ6,500,000 11.01.2008

Javier Mascherano Media Sports Investment ÂĢ18,600,000* 29.02.2008

Philipp Degen Dortmund Free* 03.07.2008

Andrea Dossena Udinese ÂĢ7,000,000 04.07.2008

Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras ÂĢ3,500,000 11.07.2008

David Ngog Paris St Germain ÂĢ1,500,000 24.07.2008

Robbie Keane Tottenham ÂĢ19,000,000 28.07.2008

Albert Riera Espanyol ÂĢ8,000,000 31.08.2008

Glen Johnson Portsmouth ÂĢ17,500,000 26.06.2009

Alberto Aquilani AS Roma ÂĢ17,100,000* 07.08.2009

Sotirios Kyrgiakos AEK Athens ÂĢ2,000,000 21.08.2009

Daniel Ayala Sevilla ÂĢ160,000 17.09.2009

Maxi Rodriguez Atletico Madrid Free 12.01.2010

Jonjo Shelvey Charlton ÂĢ1,700,000* 10.05.2010

Milan Jovanovi? Standard Liege Free* 08.07.2010

Joe Cole Free Transfer Free 21.07.2010

Danny Wilson Rangers ÂĢ2,000,000* 21.07.2010

FÃĄbio AurÃĐlio Free Transfer Free 31.07.2010

Christian Poulsen Juventus ÂĢ4,550,000* 11.08.2010

Brad Jones Middlesbrough ÂĢ2,300,000 18.08.2010

Raul Meireles Porto ÂĢ11,500,000 29.08.2010

Paul Konchesky Fulham ÂĢ3,500,000* 31.08.2010



Total Spent on Players – ÂĢ172,080,000



Players Sold



Florent S.-Pongolle Recreativo de Huelva ÂĢ2,700,000 04.05.2007

Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Returns from loan 08.06.2007

Danny O’ Donnell Crewe ÂĢ100,000 13.06.2007

Boudewijn Zenden Marseille Free* 01.07.2007

Jerzy Dudek Real Madrid Free* 01.07.2007

Robbie Fowler Cardiff Free* 01.07.2007

Luis Garcia Atletico Madrid ÂĢ4,000,000 03.07.2007

Djibril CissÃĐ Marseille ÂĢ6,000,000 09.07.2007

Craig Bellamy West Ham ÂĢ7,500,000 10.07.2007

Mark Gonzalez Real Betis ÂĢ3,500,000 17.07.2007

Gabriel Paletta Boca Juniors ÂĢ1,200,000* 26.08.2007

Chris Kirkland Wigan Ath. ÂĢ3,500,000* 27.10.2007

James Smith Stockport Cou. Free 28.12.2007

Mohamed Sissoko Juventus ÂĢ8,200,000 28.01.2008

Lee Peltier Yeovil Free* 31.01.2008

John Arne Riise AS Roma ÂĢ4,000,000 01.07.2008

Harry Kewell Free Transfer Free 01.07.2008

Anthony Le Tallec Le Mans Undisclosed 02.07.2008

Peter Crouch Portsmouth ÂĢ11,000,000* 11.07.2008

Danny Guthrie Newcastle ÂĢ2,250,000 14.07.2008

Scott Carson WBA ÂĢ3,250,000* 18.07.2008

Steve Finnan Espanyol Undisclosed* 31.08.2008

Robbie Keane Tottenham ÂĢ16,000,000* 02.02.2009

Jack Hobbs Leicester Undisclosed 24.04.2009

Paul Anderson Nottm For ÂĢ250,000 30.06.2009

Astrit Ajdarevic Leicester Free 30.06.2009

Sebastian Leto Panathinaikos ÂĢ3,000,000 01.07.2009

Jermaine Pennant Real Zaragoza Free* 01.07.2009

Miki Roque Unknown Free 01.07.2009

Álvaro Arbeloa Real Madrid ÂĢ3,500,000 30.07.2009

Xabi Alonso Real Madrid ÂĢ30,000,000 05.08.2009

Andrea Dossena Napoli ÂĢ4,700,000 08.01.2010

Andriy Voronin Dinamo Moscow ÂĢ1,800,000 10.01.2010

Nikolay Mihaylov FC Twente ÂĢ1,500,000 04.02.2010

Mikel Domínguez Athletic Bilbao ÂĢ2,600,000 19.05.2010

FÃĄbio AurÃĐlio Unknown Free* 01.07.2010

David Martin MK Dons Free* 01.07.2010

Yossi Benayoun Chelsea ÂĢ6,000,000 02.07.2010

Albert Riera Olympiacos ÂĢ3,300,000* 23.07.2010

Diego Cavalieri Cesena ÂĢ3,000,000 23.08.2010

KrisztiÃĄn NÃĐmeth Olympiacos ÂĢ1,000,000 25.08.2010

Javier Mascherano Barcelona ÂĢ17,250,000 30.08.2010

Lauri Dalla Valle Fulham ÂĢ750,000* 31.08.2010

Alex Kacaniklic Fulham ÂĢ750,000* 31.08.2010

Damien Plessis Panathinaikos Undisclosed 31.08.2010



Total recouped on players – ÂĢ144,900,000



Total Net Spend under Gillett and Hicks – ÂĢ27,180,000
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