Liverpool’s high 10 most costly signings

Liverpool have been praised for spending their cash correctly in terms of switch dealings and rebuilding squads, particularly underneath Jurgen Klopp, however who’s the membership’s most costly signing of all time?

Soccer FanCast has taken a take a look at Liverpool’s most costly signings of their historical past, with an in depth take a look at the highest 10.

All information appropriate as of seventh June 2024.

Here is an in depth take a look at Liverpool’s 10 most costly signings:

10

Andy Carroll (2011)

£35m from Newcastle

Andy Carroll signed for Liverpool in 2011 as a 22-year-old after taking part in an vital function within the Magpies’ Championship promotion the earlier season.

Liverpool had simply offered Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50m, and it was Carroll who got here in to grab the vacated quantity 9 and bolster his facet’s reworked assault – alongside Luis Suarez from Ajax for £23m – underneath supervisor Kenny Dalglish.

The price was a membership document on the time, and surprisingly, wasn’t damaged till the settlement between Liverpool and RB Leipzig for the switch of Naby Keita in August 2017.

It is protected to say Dalglish would’ve been grateful he introduced in two strikers, quite than one.

9

Luis Diaz (2022)

£37.5m from Porto

Liverpool paid an preliminary £37.5m to signal Luis Diaz on a five-year contract within the January 2022 switch window, with £12.5m in potential bonuses.

The Colombian winger was having his best-ever goalscoring season at Porto, netting 14 occasions in 18 appearances as his former facet went on to raise Portugal’s Primeira Liga that season.

The 25-year-old on the time had sturdy hyperlinks to Tottenham Hotspur after it was reported the north London membership had a £38m bid rejected. Initially, Diaz was Klopp’s precedence for the summer season window, however he and the higher-ups at Anfield quickly realised they wanted to step up their curiosity within the skilful dribbler to forestall him shifting elsewhere.

8

Cody Gakpo (2023)

£40m from PSV

Having the chance to open a Christmas current early is without doubt one of the finest emotions rising up, however what a couple of late one?

Cody Gakpo offered a late Christmas deal with for Liverpool followers on the finish of December 2022 when he joined for an undisclosed price – considered between £35m and £45m – in what was a document sale for his former membership, PSV.

The versatile ahead was 23 on the time and coming off the again of an attention grabbing World Cup in Qatar, the place he scored three objectives to assist the Netherlands attain the quarter-finals, earlier than dropping to eventual winners Argentina.

Gakpo had been closely linked to Manchester United on the time following the abrupt exit of Cristiano Ronaldo, however Erik ten Hag’s facet as an alternative had signed Antony from Ajax in the summertime.

7

Diogo Jota (2020)

£41m from Wolves

Liverpool made positive to capitalise on the extra time earlier than the start of the 2020/21 season, which had been delayed because of the pandemic, by signing Diogo Jota on a five-year contract from Wolves.

Klopp’s facet had simply lifted the Premier League, and it was felt that he wanted extra depth in attacking positions after already securing the signatures of Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich and Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiacos.

The Merseyside membership solely round £30m web on the Portuguese ahead, as Ki-Jana Hoever, who Liverpool negotiated a 15% sell-on clause for, moved the other method to Molineux.

6

Fabinho (2018)

£44m from Monaco

Fabinho credited the distinctive infrastructure in place at Liverpool upon his arrival on the membership in Might 2018, nevertheless it was he who ended up being the much-needed backbone for his facet.

Having revamped 150 appearances at his earlier facet Monaco, the Brazilian midfielder was sought-after attributable to his capacity to play wherever in the course of the park.

With Emre Can on his method out as a free agent to signal for Juventus, Fabinho was deemed as the proper alternative for Klopp’s facet.

5

Naby Keita (2018)

£48m from RB Leipzig

Many Liverpool followers would quiver on the considered Keita being of their high 5 most costly signings of all time, however that’s precisely the place he lies.

Keita surpassed Carroll’s 2011 £35m document when Liverpool agreed to set off the midfielder’s launch clause with RB Leipzig in August 2017, securing his transfer to the membership for the next season.

It was principally a story of two tales for Keita at Liverpool. The primary started with promise, potential and hope; the second ended with harm, inconsistency and, finally, his inevitable launch.

4

Dominik Szoboszlai (2023)

£60m from RB Leipzig

When it was introduced that James Milner, Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would all be leaving the membership, Klopp knew he would want to splash the money on a brand-new midfield in the summertime of 2023.

Quickly after finishing the signing of Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton for £35m, Liverpool instructed RB Leipzig they’d be triggering the £60m launch clause for Dominik Szoboszlai.

The Hungary captain had gained the DFB-Pokal with Leipzig and secured a robust third-place end within the Bundesliga, nevertheless it was his spectacular performances on the worldwide stage as Hungary’s captain that caught Liverpool’s eye.

3

Darwin Nunez (2022)

£64m from Benfica

The jury remains to be out on whether or not Darwin Nunez shall be successful at Liverpool or not.

Though the Uruguayan has popped as much as rating essential objectives on massive events – like his brace at St James’ Park in August 2023 – his performances have been extra miss than hit since becoming a member of in the summertime of 2022.

Nunez signed for an preliminary £64m from Benfica, however the price may rise to a possible £85m with add-ons and bonuses, which might make him a club-record signing – a title the Reds could also be hopeful to keep away from if his present fortunes proceed.

It began so effectively for Nunez simply weeks after he put pen to paper, when his purpose secured Liverpool the Group Protect towards Manchester Metropolis, a facet that they had misplaced the league to by a degree the season prior.

Nunez’s opposing striker that day was Erling Haaland, and a comparability between the 2 tells you all that you must know.

2

Alisson (2018)

£67m from Roma

Alisson grew to become the world’s most costly goalkeeper in the summertime of 2018 when he signed for Liverpool from Roma on a six-year contract.

The deal surpassed Man Metropolis’s £35m signing of Ederson in 2017 and turned out to be a pivotal turning level throughout Klopp’s tenure on the membership, having beforehand misplaced out on main trophies attributable to goalkeeping errors.

Though officers on the Merseyside membership didn’t reveal the precise price, his former membership, Roma, mentioned the deal was value as much as £67m.

Information are supposed to be damaged, nevertheless, and this one didn’t final lengthy, as Chelsea signed Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao for £71m simply weeks later.

1

Virgil van Dijk (2018)

£75m from Southampton

Liverpool’s most costly signing of all time has arguably been their most vital addition within the final decade.

The Reds had been determined for a central defender halfway by the 2017/18 season. They discovered themselves backside of the ‘massive six’, stage on factors with Burnley, having dropped 14 factors of their opening 9 video games and conceded probably the most objectives in comparison with their major rivals.

The announcement that Van Dijk would be a part of Liverpool on the flip of the brand new 12 months in 2018 was a world-record deal for a defender on the time – a price solely since surpassed by Harry Maguire’s switch to Man United (£80m) in 2019 and Josko Gvardiol’s to Man Metropolis (£77m) in 2023.

That very same season, Metropolis grew to become the first-ever Premier League centurions, whereas Van Dijk helped his facet into the Champions League, a trophy he would go on to raise the next season.