If John Henry wanted to get on the good side of Liverpool supporters, he's certainly off to a good start.
Along with partner Tom Werner, Henry put himself in the good books of Reds faithful when he dumped dour Roy Hodgson as manager of the club, replacing him with universally beloved Liverpool legend (King) Kenny Dalglish.
Dalglish then turned around and almost immediately convinced Henry that he needed to purchase Uruguayan World Cup star (or villain, depending on who you ask) Luis Suarez from Ajax Amsterdam in a deal that could be worth nearly £23 million.
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Even Suarez's acquisition couldn't keep disgruntled Spaniard talisman Fernando Torres happy, however, and when Torres submitted in a transfer request last week, the Scottish manager began scouring Europe - not only for potential Torres suitors that would be able to afford Liverpool's exorbitant demands for the World Cup winner, but also for a potential replacement that would maximize the funds that Torres' sale would bring in.
Today, Dalglish pulled in a British club record £50 million from Chelsea for Torres, and then tried to flip all of that back into new signings. Liverpool's £10 million offer for Blackpool's Charlie Adam was rejected, but their £35 million offer for 22-year-old Newcastle starlet Andy Carroll - a record fee paid for a Brit - was accepted.
Yes, that's the same Andy Carroll that has scored a total of 31 league goals in his entire career thus far.
Clearly, Dalglish and his ownership are gambling on Carroll's enormous potential, a huge premium considering that an established, prolific Premier League striker in Darren Bent was bought by Aston Villa for £10 million less just a couple of weeks ago.
Hell, Carroll's transfer fee is bigger than what Barcelona paid for world class striker David Villa less than a year ago.
If anything, this new regime has shown that it has the balls to do whatever it takes to regain the glory that Reds supporters feel is a right. Liverpool fans can take solace that, while this season is a write off, the future of the club looks to be one filled with the ability to go after players that could vault the club back amongst the elite.
All it took was the return of the King.
Some other transfer talk from around Europe on Monday, the final day of the transfer window for most of Europe:
England
- Blackburn Rovers sign Argentinean midfielder Mauro Formica.
- Blackpool on verge of loan deal for Jason Puncheon.
- Everton sign Greek U-19 striker Apostolos Vellios.
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Daniel Sturridge joins Bolton on loan from Chelsea.
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James Beattie swaps Rangers for Blackpool.
- Nottingham Forest sign Liverpool's Paul Konchesky.
- Bayern Munich defender Maximilian Haas makes Middlesbrough move.
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Isaiah Osbourne joins Sheffield Wednesday on loan.
- Middlesbrough sign Merouane Zemmama from Hibernian.
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Andy Reid joins Blackpool from Sunderland for undisclosed fee.
- Birmingham signs Obafemi Martins on a six month loan.
- U.S. striker Robbie Findley completes move to Nottingham Forest.
- Barcelona sells Ruben Rochina to Blackburn on final day.
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Stephen Ireland joins Newcastle on loan from Aston Villa.
- Leicester City snap up former Portugal keeper Ricardo.
- U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley joins Aston Villa on loan.
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Eidur Gudjohnsen joins Fulham on loan from Stoke City.
- Everton brand Tottenham's £500,000 offer for Phil Neville 'insulting'.
- Chelsea signs David Luiz to 5-and-a-half year contract.
- American forward Eddie Johnson loaned to Preston North End.
Spain
- Tottenham loan striker Giovanni Dos Santos to Racing Santander.
- Villarreal turn down Tottenham's €35 million offer for Giuseppe Rossi.
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Paulo da Silva leaves Sunderland for Real Zaragoza.
- Levante take Ecuador's Jefferson Montero on loan from Villarreal.
France
- Brazil striker Andre joins Bordeaux on loan.
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Dimitri Payet to reject Chelsea offer in favour of Paris St-Germain.
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Benjamin Moukandjo joins AS Monaco from Nimes.
Scotland
- Blackburn's El Hadji Diouf makes loan move to Rangers.
Germany
- VfL Wolfsburg signs Koo Ja-choel, Tuncay Sanli, Yohandry Orozco, as well as Anderlecht's Jan Polak and Leverkusen's Patrick Helmes.
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Adam Hlousek to join Kaiserslautern on loan from Slavia Praha.
Italy
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Nicola Legrottaglie swaps Juventus for AC Milan.
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Yuto Nagatomo travelling to Milan to sign with Inter.
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Amauri on verge of joining Parma on loan.
- Juventus signs Alessandro Matri from Cagliari.
Turkey
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Jozy Altidore says he is being loaned to Bursaspor.
Serbia
- Partizan sign striker Prince Tagoe and midfielder Zvonimir Vukic.