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Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez warned Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester United after clubs squandered money in the most recent transfer window.
The London club, which Benítez was also in charge of for a time, is the one that has spent the most this summer after the end of a transfer ban, which prohibited them from making new signings until January this year.
Frank Lampard, who can now get back into the market, has signed Hakim Ziyech for £ 36m, Timo Werner for £ 48m, Ben Chilwell for £ 45m, Kai Havertz for a club record. £ 72 million, as well as Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva in free transfers.
They are also tied to goalkeeper Edouard Mendy in a deal worth around £ 22 million. It would bring your total spending to approximately £ 223 million.
Manchester United meanwhile have been significantly calmer thus far, having made just one new signing in Donny van de Beek for £ 35 million. Although last year, they also added Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James and Odion Ighalo to their ranks for a total of around £ 192 million.
And the Red Devils are continually tied to a more than £ 100 million deal for Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho ahead of the October deadline for the current window.
Liverpool so far this window has added Kostas Tsimikas for £ 11m before signing Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago and striking a deal with Wolves for Diogo Jota, bringing their total spending just over £ 70m.
The sum of all these agreements is the reason why Rafa Benítez has issued a warning to Manchester United and Chelsea after the start of a new Premier League season.
Speaking to Mail Online, the Spanish coach who now works in China stated that the amount spent by the London club means that “Roman Abramovic is back.”
Comparing him to when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge, Benítez explains that the hierarchy at the London club “ was so desperate to win that it took him to the management merry-go-round, but after recent transfer activity, clubs must comply and compete with the reigning champions Liverpool.
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He said: ‘The problem right now was that they wanted to win, they needed to win, they were desperate to win. As soon as something went wrong, they changed managers and changed policies.
“But the reality is that they were improving the system, Michael Emenalo was doing a good job as a football director, his academy was very good, always winning the FA Youth Cup.
“Now you can see that Abramovich is back with their support and they have signed many good players and they will be very competitive.
“This year Chelsea and Manchester United must deliver. They have spent some money in recent years.”
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