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@stevebratt’s Liverpool
@stevebratt took Liverpool back to the summer of 2009 with City’s £900m and came out with 17 major trophies. The real Liverpool won one in the same nine seasons.
They spent £876.5m of the budget on 37 players.
Two of their titles came in a season City really won.
The first summer did most of the work: £525.5m in 2009, 60% of everything they spent.
The biggest fees: Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m, 2009), Wayne Rooney (£72m, 2009) and John Stones (£47.5m, 2016).
They were champions eight times: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17.
The best season was 2012/13, winning the league, the League Cup and the Champions League.
Season by season
2009/10
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and 23 more for £525.5m. Champions with 87 points, 7 points clear of Man United. Won 26, drew 9, lost 3; 80 scored, 20 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Chelsea in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-4 Liverpool.
Cristiano Ronaldo
£80m
Wayne Rooney
£72m
Nemanja Vidić
£37.5m
Dimitar Berbatov
£36m
Samir Nasri
£35m
Petr Čech
£32.5m
Ashley Young
£30m
Frank Lampard
£28.5m
Carlos Tevez
£25m
John Terry
£23.5m
Cesc Fàbregas
£17m
Robinho
£14.5m
Rio Ferdinand
£11.5m
Thomas Vermaelen
£10m
Theo Walcott
£9.5m
Leighton Baines
£9m
Nani
£9m
Luka Modrić
£8m
Michael Essien
£7.5m
James Milner
£7m
Daniel Sturridge
£6m
Vincent Kompany
£5m
Kyle Walker
£5m
Ben Foster
£3.5m
Joe Hart
£3m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed David Silva and Gareth Bale for £34.5m and released 2. Champions with 88 points, 4 points clear of Man United. Won 27, drew 7, lost 4; 83 scored, 17 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Man United in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Liverpool 2-0 Man City.
David Silva
£24m
Gareth Bale
£10.5m
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Sergio Agüero and Thibaut Courtois for £47.5m and released 2. Champions with 87 points, 6 points clear of Man City. Won 26, drew 9, lost 3; 72 scored, 17 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Man City in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Liverpool 6-0 Blackburn.
Sergio Agüero
£39.5m
Thibaut Courtois
£8m
2012/13
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup · Champions League
That summer they signed Eden Hazard and David de Gea for £54m and released 2. Champions with 91 points, 2 points clear of Man United. Won 28, drew 7, lost 3; 81 scored, 24 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Tottenham in the final on penalties. Won the Champions League, beating Bayern in the final. Match of the season: Wigan 0-6 Liverpool.
Eden Hazard
£32m
David de Gea
£22m
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · Europa League
That summer they signed Ramires for £38m and released 1. Champions with 90 points, a point clear of Man City. Won 27, drew 9, lost 2; 82 scored, 22 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Went out of the League Cup in the fourth round. Won the Europa League, beating Wolfsburg in the final. Match of the season: Liverpool 2-0 Man City.
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Alexis Sánchez and Eliaquim Mangala for £67m and released 2. Champions with 100 points, 23 points clear of Man City. Won 31, drew 7, lost 0; 93 scored, 17 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Norwich in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Liverpool 4-1 Man City.
Alexis Sánchez
£35m
Eliaquim Mangala
£32m
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Harry Kane and Son Heung-min for £62.5m and released 2. Champions with 85 points, 7 points clear of Man City. Won 25, drew 10, lost 3; 62 scored, 20 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Norwich in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Liverpool 3-1 Man City.
Harry Kane
£40.5m
Son Heung-min
£22m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed John Stones for £47.5m. Champions with 89 points, 11 points clear of Tottenham. Won 29, drew 2, lost 7; 92 scored, 34 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Tottenham in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-3 Liverpool.
2017/18
Premier League
2nd
No signings that summer. 2nd in the Premier League with 94 points, a point behind Man City. Won 31, drew 1, lost 6; 71 scored, 18 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Went out of the League Cup in the quarter-finals. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Palace 0-5 Liverpool.