KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Gary Neville says:-

Fellow Sky pundit Gary Neville believes the Reds' inability to attract the elite players to Anfield has cost them dearly.

"There's a bigger thing with Liverpool about what type of club are they now," he said.

"They can't compete in the transfer market with United, Chelsea and City and that's been proven now over a period of the last five, six, seven or eight years.

"They have spent money but they can't get the real big players to Merseyside.

"Whether we like it or not, they can't get the best players, they've always got to sign players that have the potential to be a great player and sometimes they have got that right."

I agree with him. the question is "WHY?"

Champions league. Best players want to play in it and challenge for trophies. Until we are in it we will not be able to attract top players, probably not until we've been in it a couple of years. I'm sure if we get back in it won't be a problem, Liverpool still one of the most famous names in football, in the highest paying league. It isn't really a surprise top players dont want to play for a team that has qualified once in the last 6 years and then flopped, didn't even play strongest team. That shows a real lack of ambition, not to meantion the fact we have only won 2 trophies in the last 10 years and don't have a big name manager who players would want to play for. Not one of the best paying either. We are not really an attractive proposition at the moment.

Well structured reply listing the reasons we are not attractive. Who would you put these problems down to? A scapegoat if you want.

Previous owners wrecking the club, current owners lack of understanding of the game, plus poor managers. Poor transfer policy. Poor signings, especially the season we qualified for the champions league, that was our opportunity, but pretty much all of the money for Suarez was wasted. The club doesn't have much going for it currently, bad owners, bad manager and a bad team. Only way to change is to get in a top manager and back him financially. It will probably take new owners for this to happen.

Champions league has nowt to do with as evidenced by utd signings when they werent in it.
Money.in the arsee pocket is all modern players think about.
We all know.by now fsg dont pay top wages for top players therefore we cant compete.
As an aside our scouting network is horrific. Lots of players out there but we always.bye.inflated prem proven blah blah

Why ..,, Brodge

its about selling the club and getting the right player to fit a system..... not just buying players without a plan. I.E buying Benni but no wingers.. and not having a dm when you play 3 at the back.. thats why we look rubbish

Don't agree with this, Man Utd had a one year absence in what, 20 years? That shows that their absence for one year was a blip which was quickly rectified.

I think both are factors. No champions league, no trophies and no top wages. Not very appealing to world class players.

Wages, Manager, no CL, the city...in that order.