There may be plenty of anticipation for the primary signing beneath a brand new supervisor, however they haven’t all the time gone on to have an extended and profitable profession at Anfield.
A number of followers are nonetheless twiddling their thumbs and impatiently ready for the arrival of Arne Slot‘s first signing on the membership, and that participant could also be one he doesn’t even use this season.
Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is anticipated to conform to a deal to affix Liverpool, however he’ll solely hyperlink up with the squad in 2025 on the earliest.
If signed, he’ll go down because the Dutchman’s first switch at Anfield, and it acquired us excited about who his predecessors first added to their squads once they arrived.
Slot will hope the checklist just isn’t too indicative of success charges as solely two first signings throughout the final 9 managers in cost have gathered greater than 200 appearances.
The primary everlasting signings for final 9 LFC managers:
- Kenny Dalglish (1985): Steve McMahon, £350,000
- Graeme Souness (1991): Mark Wright, £2.2m
- Roy Evans (1994): Michael Stensgaard, £30,000
- Gerard Houllier (1998): Jean Michel Ferri, £1.5 million
- Rafa Benitez (2004): Josemi Rey, £2 million
- Roy Hodgson (2010): Joe Cole, Free
- Kenny Dalglish (2011): Luis Suarez, £22.8m
- Brendan Rodgers (2012): Fabio Borini, £10.4m
- Jurgen Klopp (2016): Marko Grujic, £5.1m
Steve McMahon was the primary signing for Dalglish when he took over in 1985, and he gathered probably the most appearances (277) of any first switch on the abovementioned checklist.
Souness’ maiden foray into the switch market in 1991, in the meantime, led him to Mark Wright, who signed for £2.2 million and went on to play 210 video games for the Reds – the second-most after McMahon.
From then on, Liverpool’s managers didn’t fairly have an excellent monitor report, and maybe it’s no shock that Dalglish would later be the exception when Luis Suarez arrived from Ajax in 2011.
A blinding ahead who attracted controversy, Suarez completed his Reds profession with 82 targets in 133 outings, for a really spectacular games-to-goal ratio of 1.62.
Michael Stensgaard, Evans’ first everlasting deal in cost, didn’t make an look for the membership, he’s most referred to as the person who dislocated his shoulder when an ironing board fell on him at house.
Houllier didn’t have a lot luck with Jean Michel Ferri both, as he left one 12 months after he arrived having performed a measly 50 minutes throughout two video games.
Joe Cole was seen as Hodgson’s first official signing – though Danny Wilson was introduced on the identical day – and everyone knows how that went.
As for nearer to the current day, you’ll recall Fabio Borini (Rodgers) and Marko Grujic (Klopp) as the primary ones by the door for his or her respective managers.
The Italian left Liverpool with extra appearances (38) than Grujic (16), however the Serbian was on the membership’s books longer having arrived in 2016 and stayed till 2021.
Right here’s hoping Slot will get his first signing within the door this summer season and that they take pleasure in an extended and extra profitable profession at Anfield than a few of those that got here earlier than them!
