Klopp: We can't compete with City in spending stakes

Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool cannot possibly match Manchester City when it comes to transfer spending but he still believes they can find other ways to compete.

During his seven years in charge, Klopp's net spend has been around £150m, whereas Pep Guardiola's in a 12-month shorter period is over half-a-billion pounds.

Having pushed each other incredibly close in the title race for the majority of the time the two have been in England, Liverpool's poor start to the season means they currently trail their rivals by 13 points.

The resources available to City, backed by Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour, mean they have been able to strengthen year-on-year with virtually limitless spending.

Liverpool, while still being able to bring in a potential £85m club-record signing in Darwin Nunez this summer, work to a more restricted model under American owners Fenway Sports Group and Klopp accepts that.

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When asked how his club could keep pace, the Reds boss said: "Oh, you won't like the answer. Nobody can compete with City in that.

"You have the best team in the world and you put in the best striker on the market (Erling Haaland), no matter what it costs, you just do it.

"What does Liverpool do? We cannot act like them. It is not possible.

"There are three clubs in world football who can do what they want financially. It's legal and everything, fine, but they can do what they want.

"We have to look at it (and say) 'We need that and we need that and we have to look here and make it younger, and here a prospect and here a talent'.

"That is what you have to do. And you compete with them. You have to compete with them.

"It is not a problem at all for me, it's like it is."

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