Liverpool have earned a reputation as one of the transfer market’s savviest operators. The Reds have been buying low and selling high in recent years, making enormous profits and reinvesting the money wisely. This summer Liverpool sold Rhian Brewster to Sheffield United, they most feel bittersweet about the star’s struggles.
Liverpool sell Rhian Brewster
The Reds were faced with a tough decision over the summer: what do they do with one of their hottest prospects?
Should they loan him? Keep him around the first team? Sell him?
In the end Liverpool sold Rhian Brewster to Sheffield United for £23.5m.
The Reds netted a huge profit on the striker having brought him in as a 14-year-old from the Chelsea academy.
He had impressed during his loan spell at Swansea City in the Championship but the Reds decided to cash in over the summer to raise funds for incoming transfers.
Rhian Brewster struggles
When Brewster signed for The Blades it was thought that he would be the right man at the right place at the right time.
Sheffield United were creating good chances and they needed a poacher to finish them off.
What was supposed to be a match made in footballing heaven has failed to live up to expectations.
Rhian Brewster has failed to score in his first 16 appearances for Sheffield United.
He’s made six starts and nine sub appearances in the Premier League, most recently he failed to find the net against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup.
Bittersweet for Liverpool
The fact that Rhian Brewster has failed to find the net in the Premier League has vindicated Liverpool’s decision to cash in on him over the summer.
The striker’s form also makes the £23.5m paid for him look like a masterstroke from Michael Edwards.
Liverpool must feel bittersweet about Brewster struggling.
Of course, first and foremost, he was well liked and those at the club will have wanted him to succeed.
However, a major consideration is the buyback clause the Reds inserted into the deal.
Had Brewster succeeded, had he begun to start fulfilling his enormous potential then the Reds could’ve resigned him for what would be a bargain fee.
Sadly it looks as though the club won’t feel compelled to use this option.
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