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Well I was reading on Wikipedia on the 2005 Champions League final, where Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after coming back from 3-0 down at half time to 3-3. I just realised that the amount spent on that Liverpool squad was very little, compared to the amount spent these days, by the likes of ... and the rest. You should know which team I'm talking about. Here's the Liverpool squad.:

First XI:
1. Jerzy Dudek (GK)
3. Steve Finnan
4. Sami Hyypia
23. Jamie Carragher
21. Djimi Traore
6. John Arne Riise
14. Xabi Alonso
8. Steven Gerrard
10. Luis Garcia
7. Harry Kewell
5. Milan Baros

Substitutions:
11. Vladimir Smicer (on 23')
16. Dietmar Hamann (on 46')
9. Djibril Cisse (on 85')

Unused Substitutes:
20. Scott Carson (GK)
17. Josemi
18. Antonio Nunez
25. Igor Biscan

Here's the thing... You see the amount spend on these players. Jerzy Dudek cost a little more than £3 million. Right-back Steve Finnan and John Arne Riise costs only about more than £7 million. Jamie Carragher was a youth academy product, Sami Hyypia and Djimi Traore combined cost is around £1 million. The much more expensive ones, Spaniards Xabi Alonso and Luis Garcia, combined cost were £18 million. Steven Gerrard was another youth academy product. Harry Kewell and Milan Baros combined cost was a little more than £6 million.

Substitutes Vladimir Smicer, Dietmar Hamann and Djibril Cisse all cost £16 million. Dietmar Hamann was crucial and changed the complexity of the game completely when he came on. Unused substitutes Scott Carson costs £1million. Josemi and Igor Biscan combined cost was £7 million. Antonio Nunez was part-exchange when Michael Owen went to Real Madrid.

The total cost of this squad was £59 million. Chelsea used that much money to acquire only two players, Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho and current misfiring Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko. Two players' cost now was the cost of 18 players. I know that now since two billionaires have taken over Liverpool, the club might spend a lot in the transfer market in the future. But think about it, is too much money ruining the beautiful game?

Bye~!

Lenny
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