I think this is a big point being overlooked. Is Mac Allister, Szoboszlai and Caicedo an improvement on their past midfield three? Or have they just spent £165 net to stand still?
Kovacic is multiple CL winner. Paqueta I've no idea but it's a bit of a stretch saying he's a PL known entity, he's been at West Ham for 12 months. McTominay and Maguire are garbage and you're forgetting United paid £80m for Maguire and is absolutely a flop for them.
Will be interesting to see if they have the squad depth to compete for top 4 and in the CL itself.
They made a charge for top for last season because they weren't in Europe, I think their squad depth is still pretty poor for a CL team.
And what happens if Kane overtakes Shearer and then someone overtakes him? He'll have no record AND no titles. Let's not compare Kane to some Leicester squad players. If Bayern go onto win a CL, Kane will likely be one of their most important players and probably their top scorer that season.
Liverpool’s midfield this season is either going to be amazing, or completely terrible.
Has a team ever completely overhauled their midfield in one go before? Usually you bring these players in gradually over a few seasons.
Are you saying you’d rather having some arbitrary goal record than winning a Champions League?
Did you know Kane isn’t actually 2nd in the all time list? He’s actually 19th. He’s only 2nd because billionaire Rupert Murdoch decided football started in August 1992. Shearer has 23 goals missing from his goal record BTW.
Haven’t they sold Loads of academy players the last few years? Mount, Loftus-Cheek, Ampadu, Gilmour, Tammy, Tomori, Guehi. Probably has something to do with it.
So, if we sign Zaniolo we'll have signed this window an Italian International, a Spanish International, a French International and a Belgian International. What a window.