Allen Graham, the former chief analyst of Liverpool's data analysis department, was interviewed and talked about many behind-the-scenes stories about Liverpool's transfer operations.
About the introduction of Salah
"Klopp had a great say in transfers. That summer, he wanted Brandt because he showed excellent talent and young attitude. We reached an agreement with him through the data analysis system and believed that this player should certainly be included in the list of four candidates, but in our opinion, Brandt was not the first choice."
"Salah is more promising than Brandt in every aspect. Klopp finally convinced himself and the club owners that Salah was the best choice, even though his experience at Chelsea was not successful. In fact, Salah performed very well in Serie A and his performance in England was not bad. It's just that he had very few chances to play at Chelsea, which is different."
"But in Chelsea, it is really difficult to find playing opportunities: even De Bruyne and Lukaku have very limited playing time, so in fact, it does not take a genius to see that Salah is very strong, but the data does help us justify investing more than 40 million pounds in Salah instead of choosing Brandt, who is four years younger than him."
About Balotelli.
"He joined Liverpool at the end of the 2014 summer transfer window, and he was our and coach Rodgers' fourth choice. But we wasted a lot of time on some transfer operations that year, and ultimately we thought Mario might be suitable for us. Like Aspas, he played very little time and was very unlucky in front of goal, although he had great potential."
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