Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken a swipe at Manchester City, Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain for being able to ‘do what they want’ due to the power of oil money. Klopp has had to face Man City’s financial might hands-on over his spell at Liverpool and has now conceded ‘nobody can compete’ with the UAE-owned powerhouse.
The Reds welcome Pep Guardiola’s winning machine to Anfield this weekend, knowing they will already fall 16 points behind in the Premier League with a defeat. Guardiola adding Erling Haaland to his threepeat-chasing squad has produced predictable results, leaving many questioning who can stop Man City’s era of dominance.
Ahead of Sunday’s heavyweight clash, Klopp was asked how he plans to compete with City’s upgraded squad this season after once again fighting until the final day in last season’s Premier League title race to no avail. But the German coach has admitted that while ‘nobody will like’ his answer, there is a possibility the champions can’t be stopped.
He told reporters: “You will not like the answer, and you all have the answer already. Nobody can compete with City. You 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’ve asked the question, but you know the answer.”
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Newcastle joined City as a state-owned club last year after being purchased by the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia. And Klopp referred to sporting director Dan Ashworth saying the Magpies have ‘no ceiling’ as part of the problem.
“What does Liverpool do? We cannot act like them,” Klopp added. “It is not possible. Not possible. It is just clear, and again, you know the answer. There are three clubs in world football [Man City, PSG and Newcastle] who can do what they want financially. It’s legal and everything, fine, but they can do what they want.
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“They will say, ‘yeah, but we have…’ but it’s exactly the fact. I heard now that at Newcastle, somebody [Dan Ashworth] said, ‘there is no ceiling for this club’. Yes! He is right. He is absolutely right. There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations, but other clubs have ceilings.”
Liverpool will fall 16 points behind Man City after just nine Premier League games if they taste a second successive league defeat on Sunday. But even if Klopp’s side return to their sparkling best this season, there are justified doubts over whether they or any other team in Europe would be able to derail the Blues’ dominance.
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