Liverpool sold flawed players for copious amounts of money. Solanke, Benteke, Sakho, Joe Allen and Ings come to mind. That’s probably like a 100mil there alone.
Coutinho was the other big sell and was their best performing player at that point. He went for 100m+
Alisson, VvD and Keita cost 200mil I think.
Salah and Mane were extremely cheap relative to production. Their cost was less than guys like Cuadrado, Morata and Lacazette.
They haven’t spent an obscene amount of net transfer like the previous sugardaddy clubs, which makes their title even more impressive. It is a valid point that should be praised.