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Theo Squires

FSG may have sacked 'wrong person' at Liverpool as £120m transfer plan seen in new light

Today is the birthday of former Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli. It is also more than 10 years since the Reds parted company with him back in April 2012 With FSG undergoing a time of huge change once again at Anfield, we have taken a look back at the Comolli era and how it now looks in hindsight...

Liverpool have been one of the best clubs in the transfer business in recent years, with the Reds getting it right time and time again when it comes to both strengthening Jurgen Klopp’s squad, bringing in the right players at the right price, and moving players along for maximum profit.

But that hasn’t been the case for the majority of the Premier League era, with a succession of Liverpool managers having mixed success in the market and being responsible for a number of big-money flops. Eventually learning from such mistakes and adapting with modern times under FSG, a new structure was implemented that would help transform the Reds into one of the best sides around.

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