Credit as ever to John Furlong for creating the game and advising and Stephen Davies for pulling in the fees and money. Josh Sexton in the office too and Sam May who did me a list of names.
Rules are as follows:
92m to spend plus anything you get in (this allows for seepage in terms of agent fees and so on). However you also need to balance the wage bill.
You can make a case for one player beyond that if you see fit to do so. It has to be a very strong case.
It needs to be a plausible amount of work we can achieve in a summer in terms of both ins and outs. It has to feel like we can achieve all of this with our resource of time. Added to this, the manager wants to have his players in for pre-season. Unless it is an extreme circumstance, we are not at home to signing a player after the 15th July. Therefore we have to be able to get these deals done. Bear that in mind. How much effort would, for instance, Sanchez be?
The wage a player receives has been broken into six categories with the current breakdown of where Liverpool’s resources are placed on there.
Category
£k/week
Current
Junior
0–10
7
Low
10-50
11
Medium
50-90
11
High
90-140
7
Super High
140 – 210
3
Mega
210 Upwards
0
To this you can add the equivalent of two more super highs, two more highs and one more medium.
You may feel that one or two of Liverpool’s current crop are being under-paid and you might want to tie them down with boosts using this money this summer. You cannot retain Emre Can’s services without agreeing a new deal with a pay increase.
Any players sold their wage comes into the shake-up for new players coming with the exception of those who have been on loan. Any of those you keep, you actually have to add their wages to your budget. Any you decide to loan and risk the manager’s wrath, you get their wages.
The conversation rate is as follows:
2 Super Highs = 1 Mega
2 Highs = 1 Super High
2 Mediums = 1 High
2 Lows = 1 Medium
2 Junior = 1 Low
That clear? Probably not but let’s go…
Squad No.
Name
Value (m)
Wage
Goalkeepers
22
Simon Mignolet
14
Medium
1
Loris Karius
8
Low
Defenders
2
Nathaniel Clyne
17
Medium
6
Dejan Lovren
CAN’T SELL
High
7
James Milner
7
Super High
12
Joe Gomez
7
Low
17
Ragnar Klavan
3
Medium
18
Alberto Moreno
11
Medium
32
Joel Matip
21
High
56
Connor Randall
1
Junior
66
Trent Alexander Arnold
8
Junior
Midfielders
5
Gini Wijnaldum
32
High
10
Philippe Coutinho
73
Super High
14
Jordan Henderson
29
High
16
Marko Grujić
7
Medium
20
Adam Lallana
CAN’T SELL
High
21
Lucas
2
Medium
23
Emre Can
16
Medium
35
Kevin Stewart
8
Low
53
Ovie Ejaria
6
Junior
54
Sheyi Ojo
3
Low
59
Harry Wilson
6
Junior
Forwards
11
Roberto Firmino
38
High
15
Daniel Sturridge
21
Super High
19
Sadio Mane
52
High
27
Divock Origi
17
Medium
28
Danny Ings
2
Medium
58
Ben Woodburn
6
Low
Loans
47
Andre Wisdom
2
Low
50
Lazar Marković
9
Medium
40
Ryan Kent
2
Junior
52
Danny Ward
5
Low
38
Jon Flanagan
2
Low
17
Mamadou Sakho
28
Medium
32
Cameron Brannagan
1
Junior
68
Pedro Chirivella
1
Junior
Allan
4
Low
Taiwo Awoniyi
4
Low
Adam Bogdan
0
Low
Position
Name
Value (m)
Wage
Goalkeeper
Iker Casillias
4
High
Jordan Pickford
18
Medium
Defenders
Virgil Van Dijk
58
Super High
Michael Keane
22
Medium
Ben Gibson
21
Medium
Harry Maguire
14
Medium
Jonathan Tah
25
High
Ezri Konsa
8
Low
Dayot Upamecano
20
Medium
Jonas Hector
25
High
José Luis Gayà
28
High
Ryan Sessegnon
19
Medium
Ben Chilwell
13
Low
Kieran Tierney
10
Medium
Ryan Bertrand
21
High
Andrew Robertson
12
Medium
Riza Durmisi
17
Medium
Kalidou Koulibaly
52
Super High
Gael Clichy
0
Super High
Midfielders
Naby Keïta
33
High
Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain
25
High
Marco Asencio
66
Super High
James Rodriguez
61
Mega
Franck Kessie
21
Medium
Demarai Gray
12
Medium
Christian Pulisic
41
High
Ross Barkley
46
Super High
Emil Forsberg
20
Medium
Julian Brandt
28
Medium
Cesc Fabregas
22
Mega
Tiemoue Bakayoko
38
Super High
Manuel Lanzini
30
High
Quincy Promes
25
High
Mateo Kovacic
29
Super High
Forwards
Mohammed Salah
35
Super High
Patrik Schick
22
High
Iñaki Williams
43
High
Alexandre Lacazette
76
Mega
Luan
26
Medium
Lucas Moura
51
Super High
Sandro Ramires
5
Medium
Timo Werner
39
Super High
Douglas Costa
26
Mega
Lukaku
82
Mega
Alexis Sanchez
66
Mega
Chris Wood
18
Medium
Moussa Dembele (Celtic)
25
Medium
Kasper Dolberg
22
Medium
Alvaro Morata
52
Super High
