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But some of their first-team ranks have also come from Liverpool’s academy.
So, with that in mind, Rousing The Kop has taken a look into how much Liverpool have spent to sign every first-team player in the Reds’ senior squad at Anfield for the 2023/24 season…
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Liverpool, albeit briefly, made Alisson Becker the world’s most expensive goalkeeper with his transfer from AS Roma worth up to £67m in July 2018.
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Liverpool signed Adrian to provide experienced depth in goal in August 2019 following West Ham United’s decision to release the Spaniard.
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Liverpool agreed to sign Caoimhin Kelleher from Ringmahon Rangers in July 2015 as the Irish club only wanted £30k.
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Fluminense received £2m from Liverpool to sell Marcelo Pitaluga from the Brazilian outfit’s Under-20 side in September 2020.
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Charlton Athletic received a fee of £3.5m to sanction the transfer of Joe Gomez to Liverpool in July 2015.
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Liverpool made Virgil van Dijk the world’s most expensive defender with his transfer from Southampton in January 2018 for a fee of £75m.
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Liverpool signed Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig in May 2021 by triggering a release clause worth a fee of £36m.
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Olympiacos sold Konstantinos Tsimikas to Liverpool for a fee of £12m in August 2020.
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Liverpool invested in youth when they secured the transfer of Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen in June 2022 for an initial fee of £4m.
The Dons can secure up to £6.5m with future add-ons.
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Liverpool paid Hull City an initial fee of £8m, rising to £10m with add-ons, for the transfer of Andrew Robertson in July 2017 straight after the Tigers’ relegation from the Premier League.
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Liverpool reached an agreement with Joel Matip to join as a free agent in February 2016 ahead of his contract with FC Schalke 04 expiring that June.
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Rhys Williams did not cost Liverpool a fee to sign, having first joined the Reds’ academy at the Under-10 level.
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Nat Phillips did not cost Liverpool a fee to sign when he joined in August 2016, having left Bolton Wanderers’ academy following the expiration of his contract earlier in the summer.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold did not cost Liverpool a fee to sign, having first joined the Reds as an academy prospect at the age of six.
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Liverpool agreed on an initial £1.5m fee with Dutch side PEC Zwolle for the transfer of Sepp van den Berg in July 2019.
But the fee could rise to £4.5m based on his number of Premier League and European appearances for the Reds.
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Jarell Quansah did not cost Liverpool a transfer fee to sign, having first joined the Reds as an academy talent at the age of just five.
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Liverpool added Conor Bradley to their academy ranks in September 2019 following a trial spell from Dungannon United.
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VfB Stuttgart received £16m for the transfer of Wataru Endo to Liverpool in August 2023.
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Bayern Munich sold midfielder Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool for an initial fee of £20m in September 2020.
But the midfielder’s move can reach a fee of £55m after add-ons.
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Curtis Jones did not cost Liverpool a fee to sign, having first entered their academy ranks at the Under-9 level.
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The Professional Football Compensation Committee made Liverpool pay Fulham £1.5m, plus £3m in add-ons and a 20% sell-on clause, for Harvey Elliott in February 2021.
It was a record compensation fee for a 16-year-old, who quit Fulham at the end of his contract in July 2019.
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Liverpool paid Bayern Munich a fee of £34.5m to sign Ryan Gravenberch in September 2023 in a deadline day transfer.
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Liverpool signed Stefan Bajcetic from Celta Vigo as a 16-year-old talent for a fee of £225k in January 2021.
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Anfield chiefs sealed the transfer of a Liverpool legend from AS Roma in June 2017 for a fee of £34m as Mohamed Salah returned to the Premier League.
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Liverpool agreed on an initial fee of £35m, rising to £44m after add-ons, with PSV Eindhoven in December 2022 for the transfer of Cody Gakpo ahead of the January 2023 sales opening.
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Wolves and Liverpool agreed to a structured transfer for Diogo Jota to head to Anfield as Ki-Jana Hoever also moved to Molineux in September 2020.
But Hoever left the Reds for £9m, plus £4.5m in add-ons.
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Liverpool welcomed Luis Diaz to Merseyside in January 2022 after paying FC Porto an initial £37.5m, rising to £50m with add-ons.
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Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez could cost Liverpool a club-record fee of £85m following his transfer from SL Benfica.
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