Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says it is impossible for them to compete with Manchester City because the Merseyside club is unable to \u201cact like them\u201d in the transfer market.<\/p>\n
Klopp went on to claim football is unwilling to confront the stark reality that it is well nigh impossible for competitors to keep pace with City\u2019s financial power year after year, saying that most clubs \u201chave a ceiling\u201d when building a team in his pointed remark addressing the recent comments of Dan Ashworth, Newcastle United\u2019s sporting director.<\/p>\n
Having been at it neck-to-neck with City for three of the past four seasons, Liverpool are currently lagging 13 points behind in this campaign. Clearly the league champions\u2019 signing of former Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has further consolidated their dominance.<\/p>\n
When the question was put to him on how Liverpool could respond ahead of the clubs\u2019 meeting tomorrow at Anfield, Klopp said pointedly: \u201cOh, you won\u2019t like the answer, and you all have the answer already. Nobody can compete with City in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have the best team in the world and you put in the best striker on the market. No matter what it costs, you just do it. I know City will not like it. Nobody will like it. You\u2019ve asked the question, but you know the answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does Liverpool do? We cannot act like them. It is not possible. It is just clear, and again you know the answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are three clubs in world football who can do what they want financially. It\u2019s legal and everything. Fine. But they can do what they want.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to compete with them. It is not a problem at all for me, it\u2019s like it is. Don\u2019t ask me that question because you always open this discussion and it\u2019s me telling you. But you all know it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is already open knowledge Liverpool\u2019s owners have long been lobbying for a more extensive, thorough investigation into the commercial activities of the biggest-spending clubs whose transfer activities are subsidised by huge sponsorship deals. This is now also happening with Newcastle as they anticipate a similar power shift at the top of English football under Saudi PIF ownership and Klopp doesn\u2019t believe it is a level playing field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard now that at Newcastle somebody said, \u2018There is no ceiling for this club\u2019. Yes! He is absolutely right. There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations, but some other clubs have ceilings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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