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Some Reasons why we may not have gone in for Wickham

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Sunderland have completed a deal worth up to £12million for Ipswich striker Connor Wickham. Wickham had been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool with suggestions that the striker himself wanted to join Liverpool this summer ahead of any other club. But unfortunately Wickham’s dream has not been realised and he has had to settle on joining Sunderland.

Now the questions will start to ring among the Liverpool fans, “Why did we not sign Wickham?” Firstly, Sunderland have bought Wickham for a reported £8million cash and that fee will increase to £12million dependent on the players goals, appearances, European qualification and future England appearances. Liverpool probably looked at this and saw that Wickham is not worth the amount that Ipswich want to sell him for. Yes we may have money to spend but we are not going to go around and splash it out on a player who does not meet our valuation.

Sunderland have cash in the bank, ironically from Liverpool after we bought Jordan Henderson from them and they more than likely still have some left over from selling Darren Bent. So to Sunderland £8million may not be a lot of money for them to part with.

Still staying on the money point although it touches on another reason Liverpool may not have bought Wickham, £8million is a lot to spend on a player who does not have any Premier League experience under his belt, especially since he is only 18 years old.

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  • steve mcauley says:

    well, according to sky sports news (a very reliable source, you would accept) we DID go for wickham but HE chose sunderland ahead of us!

  • Mad Scouser says:

    Frankly LFC couldve signed him but the likelyhood is he wouldve been left on the bench and that alone could kill his career before it truly gets off the ground.
    LFC will still benefit from Wickham going to SAFC as they still have a refusal opton to buy later on SHOULD Wickham fullfill his potential at SAFC.
    And to be honest if he does use SAFC as a stepping stone to advance his career then LFC may well benefit later should he become the player his potential states he could be.

    As for paying over the top didnt we do that with Henderson BUYING his potential playing ability only difference being hes had season or two in the prem

  • Eric says:

    It’s a great relief Liverpool did not buy Wickham. We are talking about 12m for an 18-year-old guy who has never played in the top flight before. His goalscoring record at Ipswich was hardly impressive. Liverpool must stop paying over the odds for overrated British guys.

    • Phil says:

      you are an idiot most of his appearances were from the bench in previous seasons, last season he missed the start with injury and scored his 9 goals last season in the final couple of months,He is incredibly skillful and he is big and strong and very difficult to get off the ball why don’t you educate yourself before you slag people off,

  • m kop says:

    Liverpool doesn’t need Wickham, young wingers should be priority!

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