Transfers[]
During Rafael Benitez' six-year tenure as manager of Liverpool, he oversaw the purchase of 59 players and the depature of 72. Approximately £230,000,000 was spent on players under the leadership of Benitez at an average of approximately £3,900,000 per player, whilst approximately £162,000,000 was recouped from players sales. This equates to a net spend of approximately £68,000,000 on transfers, at an average of £11,300,000 per year.
In[]
| Player | From | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josemi | Malaga | £2,000,000 | 26 July 2004 |
| Antonio Nunez | Real Madrid | £1,500,000 | 17 August 2004 |
| Xabi Alonso | Real Sociedad | £10,700,000 | 20 August 2004 |
| Luis Garcia | Barcelona | £6,000,000 | 20 August 2004 |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Valencia | Free | 5 January 2005 |
| Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid | £6,300,000 | 13 January 2005 |
| Scott Carson | Leeds | £1,000,000 | 21 January 2005 |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Free Transfer | Free | 4 July 2005 |
| Pepe Reina | Villarreal | £6,000,000 | 4 July 2005 |
| Antonio Barragan | Sevilla | £240,000 | 4 July 2005 |
| Momo Sissoko | Valencia | £5,600,000 | 14 July 2005 |
| Peter Crouch | Southampton | £7,000,000 | 20 July 2005 |
| Miki Roque | Lleidav | Unknown | 15 August 2005 |
| Jack Hobbs | Lincoln | £150,000 | 18 August 2005 |
| Besian Idrizaj | LASK Linz | £190,000 | 22 August 2005 |
| Mark Gonzalez | Albacete | £1,500,000 | 20 October 2005 |
| Paul Anderson | Hull | Swap | 1 January 2006 |
| Jan Kromkamp | Villarreal | Swap | 4 January 2006 |
| David Martin | MK Dons | £250,000 | 12 January 2006 |
| Daniel Agger | Brondby | £5,800,000 | 12 January 2006 |
| Robbie Fowler | Man City | Free | 27 January 2006 |
| Craig Bellamy | Blackburn | £6,000,000 | 1 July 2006 |
| Gabriel Paletta | Banfield | £2,000,000 | 4 July 2006 |
| Fabio Aurelio | Valencia | Free | 5 July 2006 |
| Jermaine Pennant | Birmingham | £6,700,000 | 26 July 2006 |
| Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | £9,000,000 | 18 August 2006 |
| Nabil El Zhar | St Etienne | £200,000 | 21 August 2006 |
| Astrit Ajdarevic | Falkenberg | £750,000 | 11 January 2007 |
| Daniele Padelli | Sampdoria | Loan | 12 January 2007 |
| Jordy Brouwer | Ajax | Undisclosed | 24 January 2007 |
| Francisco Manuel Duran | Malaga | £66,000 | 30 January 2007 |
| Alvaro Arbeloa | Deportivo | £2,500,000 | 31 January 2007 |
| Javier Mascherano | West Ham | Loan | 20 February 2007 |
| Lucas | Gremio | £5,000,000 | 11 May 2007 |
| Krisztian Nemeth | MTK Hungaria | Undisclosed | 25 May 2007 |
| Mikel San Jose | Athletic Bilbao | £270,000 | 28 June 2007 |
| Sebastian Leto | Lanús | £1,800,000 | 1 July 2007 |
| Fernando Torres | Atletico Madrid | £20,200,000 | 4 July 2007 |
| Andriy Voronin | Leverkusen | Free | 6 July 2007 |
| Yossi Benayoun | West Ham | £5,000,000 | 12 July 2007 |
| Ryan Babel | Ajax | £11,500,000 | 13 July 2007 |
| Charles Itandje | Lens | Undisclosed | 9 August 2007 |
| Emiliano Insua | Boca Juniors | £1,300,000 | 26 August 2007 |
| Lauri Dalla Valle | JIPPO | £600,000 | 8 November 2007 |
| Martin Skrtel | Zenit St Petersburg | £6,500,000 | 11 January 2008 |
| Javier Mascherano | Media Sports Investment | £18,600,000 | 29 February 2008 |
| Philipp Degen | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 3 July 2008 |
| Andrea Dossena | Udinese | £7,000,000 | 4 July 2008 |
| Diego Cavalieri | Palmeiras | £3,500,000 | 11 July 2008 |
| David N'Gog | Paris St Germain | £1,500,000 | 24 July 2008 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham | £19,000,000 | 28 July 2008 |
| Albert Riera | Espanyol | £8,000,000 | 31 August 2008 |
| Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | £17,500,000 | 26 June 2009 |
| Alberto Aquilani | Roma | £17,100,000 | 7 August 2009 |
| Sotirios Kyrgiakos | AEK Athens | £2,000,000 | 21 August 2009 |
| Daniel Ayala | Sevilla | £160,000 | 17 September 2009 |
| Maxi Rodriguez | Atletico Madrid | Free | 12 January 2010 |
| Raheem Sterling | Queens Park Rangers | £600,000 | 27 February 2010 |
| Jonjo Shelvey | Charlton | £1,700,000 | 10 May 2010 |
| Milan Jovanovic | Standard Liege | Free | 8 July 2010 |
Out[]
| Player | To | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Babbel | Stuttgart | Free | 16 July 2004 |
| Danny Murphy | Charlton | £2,500,000 | 10 August 2004 |
| Michael Owen | Real Madrid | £8,500,000 | 14 August 2004 |
| Stephane Henchoz | Celtic | Free | 28 January 2005 |
| Vladimir Smicer | Bordeaux | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| El Hadji Diouf | Bolton | £3,500,000 | 15 June 2005 |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Alaves | Free | 17 June 2005 |
| Alou Diarra | Lens | £2,000,000 | 23 June 2005 |
| Igor Biscan | Panathinaikos | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Jon Otsemobor | Rotherham | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Mark Smyth | — | Released | 1 July 2005 |
| Paul Harrison | — | Released | 1 July 2005 |
| Richie Partridge | — | Released | 1 July 2005 |
| Patrice Luzi | — | Released | 1 July 2005 |
| Gregory Vignal | Portsmouth | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Antonio Nunez | Celta Vigo | £2,000,000 | 29 July 2005 |
| Milan Baros | Aston Villa | £6,500,000 | 23 August 2005 |
| John Welsh | Hull | Swap | 1 January 2006 |
| Josemi | Villarreal | Swap | 2 January 2006 |
| Zak Whitbread | Millwall | £200,000 | 13 June 2006 |
| Bruno Cheyrou | Rennes | Undisclosed | 29 June 2006 |
| Robbie Foy | — | Released | 1 July 2006 |
| David Raven | Carlisle | Undisclosed | 3 July 2006 |
| Fernando Morientes | Valencia | £3,000,000 | 5 July 2006 |
| Dietmar Hamann | Bolton | Free | 11 July 2006 |
| Antonio Barragan | Deportivo | £675,000 | 3 August 2006 |
| Djimi Traore | Charlton | £2,000,000 | 9 August 2006 |
| Carl Medjani | Lorient | Free | 12 August 2006 |
| Neil Mellor | Preston | £500,000 | 30 August 2006 |
| Jan Kromkamp | PSV | £1,750,000 | 31 August 2006 |
| Darren Potter | Wolves | £525,000 | 18 January 2007 |
| Stephen Warnock | Blackburn | £1,500,000 | 22 January 2007 |
| Salif Diao | Stoke | Free | 25 January 2007 |
| Florent Sinama-Pongolle | Recreativo | £2,700,000 | 4 May 2007 |
| Daniele Padelli | Sampdoria | Loan expires | 8 June 2007 |
| Danny O'Donnell | Crewe | £100,000 | 13 June 2007 |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Marseille | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Jerzy Dudek | Real Madrid | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Robbie Fowler | Cardiff | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Luis Garcia | Atletico Madrid | £4,000,000 | 3 July 2007 |
| Djibril Cisse | Marseille | £6,000,000 | 9 July 2007 |
| Craig Bellamy | West Ham | £7,500,000 | 10 July 2007 |
| Mark Gonzalez | Real Betis | £3,500,000 | 17 July 2007 |
| Gabriel Paletta | Boca Juniors | £1,200,000 | 26 August 2007 |
| Chris Kirkland | Wigan | £3,500,000 | 27 October 2007 |
| James Smith | Stockport | Free | 28 December 2007 |
| Momo Sissoko | Juventus | £8,200,000 | 28 January 2008 |
| Lee Peltier | Yeovil | Free | 31 January 2008 |
| John Arne Riise | Roma | £4,000,000 | 1 July 2008 |
| Harry Kewell | Free Transfer | Free | 1 July 2008 |
| Anthony Le Tallec | Le Mans | Undisclosed | 2 July 2008 |
| Peter Crouch | Portsmouth | £11,000,000 | 11 July 2008 |
| Danny Guthrie | Newcastle | £2,250,000 | 14 July 2008 |
| Scott Carson | West Brom | £3,250,000 | 18 July 2008 |
| Steve Finnan | Espanyol | Undisclosed | 31 August 2008 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham | £16,000,000 | 2 February 2009 |
| Jack Hobbs | Leicester | Undisclosed | 24 April 2009 |
| Sami Hyypia | Free Transfer | Free | 1 June 2009 |
| Astrit Ajdarevic | Leicester | Free | 30 June 2009 |
| Paul Anderson | Nottingham Forest | £250,000 | 30 June 2009 |
| Sebastian Leto | Panathinaikos | £3,000,000 | 1 July 2009 |
| Jermaine Pennant | Real Zaragoza | Free | 1 July 2009 |
| Miki Roque | Unknown | Free | 1 July 2009 |
| Alvaro Arbeloa | Real Madrid | £3,500,000 | 30 July 2009 |
| Xabi Alonso | Real Madrid | £30,000,000 | 5 August 2009 |
| Andrea Dossena | Napoli | £4,700,000 | 8 January 2010 |
| Andriy Voronin | Dinamo Moscow | £1,800,000 | 10 January 2010 |
| Nikolay Mihaylov | Twente | £1,500,000 | 4 February 2010 |
| Mikel San Jose | Athletic Bilbao | £2,600,000 | 19 May 2010 |
| Fabio Aurelio | — | Released | 1 July 2010 |
| David Martin | MK Dons | Free | 1 July 2010 |
| Yossi Benayoun | Chelsea | £6,000,000 | 2 July 2010 |
| Liverpool F.C. – managers |
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