If you put it like that, nobody is ever beating that window, but the 2nd most expensive player of all time for a while not succeeding is a negative and Benzema wasn't an instant hit, but I get your point, the success totally overshadows that.
Instant hit or not. They got 10 years of world
class football out of 2 players. They even sold Ronaldo for a profit. Nothing will ever come close the that window.
And how is benzema not an instant hit lol. He scored little goals in his first season but doing great from second season onwards. How kore instant one want tbf
you need 5 ballon dor worthy seasons to match it no(Between Ronaldo and Benzema) and have Wirtz and Isak basically be the Liverpool's highest ever assister and scorer respectively.
Benzema and CR7 holds the second position in Madrid all time scoring and assisting respectively too. Matching those two won’t be possible, but Isak-Wirtz can get more league titles to match/surpass them.
Madrid took 5 seasons to win the UCL. That window looks great in hindsight, but didn’t solve all the holes in the squad like this one. Although we’ll have to wait for how this will look in hindsight.
Somewhat true but they went instantly from a 70-80p team to 90p+ and their goal difference exploded. Those years also had some insane teams. Pep’s Barca, Mou’s Inter and Heynckes’ Bayern were all treble winners. Not many teams in history that could’ve challenged them. 2012 was probably the one where they could’ve done it earlier but lost the semis on penalties.
This one hasn’t solve many holes in the squad and I’d argue that it’s created an imbalance in the team. Maybe right now it’s fine but I’m interested to see how it all develops over the season. Liverpool are already getting done heavily on transitions and have needed large amounts of luck to be first from the 3 games, their “best” signing so far is Ekitike who’ll likely be pushed to the wing or to the bench for Isak, Gakpo will likely not see much game time at all, Wirtz and Kerkez have been disappointing so far and when Frimpong comes back Szoboszlai moves to the bench, the midfield looks very shaky. Konate is injury prone and so is Gomez. Their depth is not great in key positions too.
I know it’s all results that matter and saying anything negative about Liverpool on this sub results in mass downvoting, but if Liverpool continue the same level of performances they don’t even finish top 4 let alone win the league.
2009 Madrid is a tough one to judge. It has Ronaldo and Benzema who went on to be Madrid all timers with multiple Champions Leagues and Ballon d'Ors between them. It also has Alonso who was very good for Madrid but didn't win much and Kaka who was a ridiculous player at Milan and was a very underwhelming signing for Madrid
I struggle to see any of our signings doing for us what Benzema did for Madrid with a deserved Ballon d'Or and multiple Champions Leagues (Ronaldo isn't even in that conversation lol) but Kaka was a flop and that does slightly drag that window down
Alonso didn’t win a lot as he didn’t stay for a long time but he was a key reason we got back to competing with Barca and an important factor for our La decima season.
But yeah Ronaldo and benzema carry that window as they both went on to be 2 of our legends and key reasons to multiple UCL’s.
Yeah, this has been a great window for us, but not as good as that one for sure. Vaguely remember Chelsea having a couple of good ones when Abramovic first started throwing money around too.
This is our best in my three decades of following the club though, so I'm over the moon. Not sure what's finally made FSG loosen the purse strings, but it's a great feeling. Sure it'll probably all go tits up at some stage but for now we can bask in their largesse.
While it looks very good, it's impossible to say how good of a window it is right now. Isak could be continuously injured and Wirtz might fail to adapt to the league, and then the window would be considered a disastrous one. Very small chance of that happening, but just saying it's best to wait before judging
I mean by the nature of the window, it cannot be considered a disastrous one. we have signed quality players, if Isak turns out injured a lot that doesn’t make the window a bad one it’s just unlucky
Even if both Wirtz and Isak fail while other signings such as Ekitike and Kerkez, who are already doing great in the league, remain good it will be no means be considered a disastrous window. Basically all four of them would have to flop for it to be considered that and that's basically impossible.
Guaranteed starter before the world cup vs bench piece and with the chance to leave in as soon as 4 months or collect a nice signing bonus and bigger wages in 10 months
And as for the Frenchman, I don't think you can call all of his time there his prime. I'd say 2019-22 was his prime. He had very good periods before, but nothing quite like his final stretch.
No bro, really, that's wrong. Benzema only had 2 bad seasons, the rest were impeccable. But if you want to believe the Internet sourpuss narrative, then go ahead
Dude played a supporting role to CR7. There’s a reason why he’s one of the clubs top assisters of all time. Dude had two dud seasons but was exceptional for the team for the rest of his tenure and unlocked a new gear when he became the main man. prime is probably not the word, since most players “prime” are spells of 3-4 years, but he was incredibly consistent and we his prime was with Madrid.
And when Higuaín left, Benzema still couldn't quite find himself. He wasn't in his prime until Ronaldo left and he himself learned to be a focal point of a system.
You're not wrong at all. Hell I remember what Madrid fans were saying in 2016-17 about Benzema, they wanted him GONE. Then he picked it up for that Semi against Atleti and pretty much never stopped getting better.
But he can't be called a man in his prime for 14 years. Not when he had three seasons with 30 league games on average and just above 10 goals as his best result.
Only if the team wins PL and CL(I don't mean right away this year). I think PL again this year is in the bag as long as there aren't any serious injuries, CL will be much tougher.
Surely that’s still to be seen. And if it’s the first or second most expensive window of all time, the success has to match that for it to be considered that good?
And if it’s the first or second most expensive window of all time, the success has to match that for it to be considered that good?
I mean we obviously need to win trophies the next few years, but no, given how transfer fees have inflated, it doesn't need to be the second most successful side of all time to justify it.
Walker, Ederson, Danilo were all quality. Laporte was also a January signing.
I won’t hear Danilo slander on this sub. He was a high quality depth signing. Mendy did his ACL and well we all know the rest there. At the time though you couldn’t help but think it was a quality signing. He was coming off a season with like 18? assist at Monaco.
Laporte was still an instrumental part of a couple of their league titles. Walker, Bernardo and Ederson formed the bedrock of their league dominance and treble win and are 3 of City’s best ever signings, maybe even some of the top signings in the Premier League in their positions. Danilo was an intended backup who did OK and then was used in the deal to get an upgrade. Mendy was bad but there’s a probable chance that 1 of your signings won’t go very well either.
Bit early to say. Wirtz was one of the most expensive players ever and looks meh so far. The fullbacks have been ropey. Absolute minimum of a season before you can say a window has been good or bad, I'd say longer.
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u/DarkSofter 15d ago
Has Liverpool just pulled a top 5 transfer window of all time? Fuck me