to flog this dead horse a little further, I am going to look at the cost of the team just below Liverpool in the table - Swansea....Their team in the last game was as follows:
Fabianski (Free)
Williams (£0.4m)
Taylor (Free)
Rangel ("Nominal" - let's say £0.5m)
Fernandez (£7m)
Ki (£6m)
Shelvey (£5m)
Siggurosson (Swap)
Montero (£4m)
Gomis (Free)
Ayew (Free)
A total of £22.9m. Over £92m more just to get 2 extra points.