King Kenny Dalglish returned to Liverpool as manager in 2011 during a very strange time for the club.
Dalglish took back the reigns as a caretaker after Roy Hodgson was sacked midway through the 2011-12 season but was then given the job on a permanent basis in the summer only for the Reds to finish eighth in 2012-13.
That definitely wasn’t only his fault, of course, and they did win the League Cup and make the League Cup final, but some of the signings made during Dalglish’s time in charge badly flopped. Here, we’ve ranked all 11 of them from worst to best.
11. Andy Carroll
It’s a testament to how hyperinflated the transfer market has become since 2011 that £35million doesn’t seem like that much anymore. Fred, Granit Xhaka and Eliaquim Mangala have all made Premier League transfers for considerably more since then.
But back then, midway through the 2010-11 season, £35million to sign Andy Carroll from Newcastle was a true ‘world’s gone mad’ moment.
The Reds opted to use most of the funds they’d received from Chelsea for Fernando Torres on the big ponytailed centre-forward, who was forging a reputation as a promising young player after helping his boyhood club Newcastle get promoted in 2010 and impressing in the first few months of their return to the Premier League.
Needless to say, it’s a gamble that didn’t pay off. He scored just six goals in 44 Premier League appearances for Liverpool, having scored 11 in 19 for Newcastle.
At least he did this.
Morning, it’s eight years since this goal from Andy Carroll against Everton at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final
Worth. Every. Penny 💰pic.twitter.com/aXcdEl0eJf
— Liverpool.com (@Liverpoolcom_) April 14, 2020
10. Charlie Adam
Adam was brilliant at Blackpool and could certainly pick a pass, but a Liverpool player he was not.
At least he only cost £5million.
9. Stewart Downing
This was the kind of signing that can go one of two ways.
On the one hand, players like James Milner and Gareth Barry have proven themselves not just as steady English professionals but as players that could make the step up to a side with title ambitions after years of doing a job in the Premier League.
On the other hand, some steady English professionals were just playing at the right level all along. And Downing probably was at Middlesbrough and Aston Villa.
The winger scored three goals and provided seven assists in 40 Premier League appearances for the Reds and was promptly moved on to West…
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