Houllier's transfers

[bjb7223]

1999

Jean-Michel Ferri (Istanbulspor) £1.5million
Frodde Kippe (Lillestrom) £700,000
Rigobert Song (Salernitana) £2.7m
Djimi Traore (Laval) £550,000
Sami Hyypia (Willem II) £2.6m
Titi Camara Marseille £2.8m
Stephane Henchoz (Blackburn) £3.5m
Sander Westerveld (Vitesse Arnhem) £4m
Dietmar Hamann (Newcastle) £8m
Vladimir Smicer (Lens) £4m

2000

Emile Heskey (Leicester) £11m
Bernard Diomede (Auxerre) £3m
Nick Barmby (Everton) £6m
Christian Ziege (Middlesbrough) £5.5m
Gregory Vignal (Montpellier) £500,000
Daniel Sjolund (West Ham) £1m
Igor Biscan (Dynamo Zagreb) £5.5m

2001

John Arne Riise (Monaco) £4m
Milan Baros (Banik Ostrava) £3.4m
Jerzy Dudek (Feyenoord) £4.85m
Chris Kirkland (Coventry) £6m
Anthony Le Tallec and Florent
Sinama Pongolle (Le Havre) £6m

2002

Abel Xavier (Everton) £800,000
El-Hadji Diouf (Lens) £10m
Bruno Cheyrou (Lille) £3.7m
Salif Diao (Sedan) £5m

2003

Steve Finnan (Fulham) £3.5m
Harry Kewell (Leeds) £5m

2004

Cisse (Auxerre) £14m

[655321]

Would you care to give us the point of this post?? Or do you believe that your infinite wisdom speaks for itself??

[SuperElf]

Would you care to give us the point of this post?? Or do you believe that your infinite wisdom speaks for itself??I like pie.

[nicephoras]

Behold the power of................CHEESE!

Although it is interesting that the two biggest buys by Houllier were two of his worst. I think he'd be a better manager at a side like Charlton.

[skipshady]

Behold the power of................CHEESE!

Although it is interesting that the two biggest buys by Houllier were two of his worst. I think he'd be a better manager at a side like Charlton.
You mean Diouf and Heskey? (I don't know if we can include Cisse, even if that had been arranged years ahead)

I agree on Diouf, but Emile was absolutely essential in the run to the Treble. And Hamman has been essential to the team's success at 8 million.

[nicephoras]

Well, Heksey was grossly overpriced, although that was an inflated transfer market. He had one good (not great) season, but for 11M pounds that not enough return. I'm amazed he was flogged for more than half that.
No disputes with the Hamann buy; that's worked our rather well for you.

[655321]

Well, Heksey was grossly overpriced, although that was an inflated transfer market. He had one good (not great) season.

23 goals and a vital member of a three-trophy winning team in is a more than a "great season". That's a spectacular season.

[Clint Eastwood]

You mean Diouf and Heskey? (I don't know if we can include Cisse, even if that had been arranged years ahead)

I agree on Diouf, but Emile was absolutely essential in the run to the Treble. And Hamman has been essential to the team's success at 8 million.

The Hamann buy was good, and the transfer buys of 2001 seem to be good. If every year was like that Liverpool would be in great shape. Riise and Baros are now first team regulars. Dudek is a good first team keeper and Kirklard is a good young keeper (if he can stay healthy, IF, IF). FSM and Le Tallec were transfers aimed at the future, and both still look good. Houllier didn't follow that up to well in 2002.

[nicephoras]

23 goals and a vital member of a three-trophy winning team in is a more than a "great season". That's a spectacular season.

Spectacular for Heskey, sure. More than great? Uh, definitely not.
I still can't believe he set up the goal to beat us last year, one which was scored by Bruno Cheyrou. :rolleyes:

[655321]

Spectacular for Heskey, sure. More than great? Uh, definitely not.

Okay...then he was "just" great :rolleyes:

[prk166]

Why was Heskey bought? Did anyone really expect him to score more than 15 -20 goals in a year in all comps?

[youllneverwalkalone]

Why are we bashing on Heskey? He had a very good spell with us and there is nothing bad we can say about him. So if you trolls want to talk bad about him, take it somewhere other than the Liverpool boards.

[655321]

Why are we bashing on Heskey? He had a very good spell with us and there is nothing bad we can say about him. So if you trolls want to talk bad about him, take it somewhere other than the Liverpool boards.

I don't think anyone is...Nicephoras is just saying that he was overpriced when we bought him.

But I agree, he had a good spell and is a very misunderstood player.

[skipshady]

Why was Heskey bought? Did anyone really expect him to score more than 15 -20 goals in a year in all comps?
He has great size and speed, two things that can't be taught (though killer instinct is another quality that can't be taught). He was just 21 when he came to Anfield and it wasn't too unreasonable to believe that he could grow into a special player. Unfortunately, no one could have predicted that he would peak at 22.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

That isn't a pretty list.

[bjb7223]

Would you care to give us the point of this post?? Or do you believe that your infinite wisdom speaks for itself??

figure it out, smart guy.

[TruReds]

That isn't a pretty list.

Prettier than you and better than your team Livingston could ever assembled. :rolleyes:

[Russian Scouser]

Behold the power of................CHEESE!

Although it is interesting that the two biggest buys by Houllier were two of his worst. I think he'd be a better manager at a side like Charlton.

Tut-tut, Abramovich-lover - we'll see how you act after a heart attack.

[Russian Scouser]

Well, Heksey was grossly overpriced, although that was an inflated transfer market. He had one good (not great) season, but for 11M pounds that not enough return. I'm amazed he was flogged for more than half that.
No disputes with the Hamann buy; that's worked our rather well for you.
Though I was no fan of Heskey (10 years as a pro and still unable to control the ball - how talentless do you have to be??? :)) I thought the amount of abuse he got was absolutely disgusting.

[Russian Scouser]

Spectacular for Heskey, sure. More than great? Uh, definitely not.
I still can't believe he set up the goal to beat us last year, one which was scored by Bruno Cheyrou. :rolleyes:
With Patrice Luzi in goal. :)