10 Reasons Why Liverpool Fans Are Jealous Of Everton
5. Shrewd Investment Versus Squandered Millions
Liverpool spent around £300 million during the Brendan Rodgers era, and where has it ultimately gotten them? Scrapping to avoid mid-table mediocrity, thats where. Of all of Rodgerss signings, how many can we call an out-and-out success? Philippe Coutinho, certainly. Daniel Sturridge until his Anfield career became a mire of injury torment. You can certainly fight the corners of Emre Can and James Milner, yet for every hit, the Brodge era produced five Kopp flops, and expensive ones at that. Denied the kind of meaty budget Rodgers and his predecessors squandered, Martinez has forged a reputation as a bargain hunter with a sharp eye for loan rangers. His tenure has brought us the most prolific Everton forward since Gary Lineker, added flare and pace to the flanks through Aaron Lennon and Gerard Deulofeu, and brought solidity to the centre of the park with the captures of Gareth Barry, Muhamed Besic, and James McCarthy. Sure, there have been flops - Aiden McGeady, and Arouna Kone, to name but two - but Martinezs overall record in the transfer market is more hit than miss and hes bolstered the Blues on a fraction of the funding handed to Rodgers by the boatload.
