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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has investigated the purchasing power of Chelsea and Manchester City and said that some clubs are owned by “countries” and “oligarchs”.
The Premier League champions have only signed Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos this summer and have struggled in their search for Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago.
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Chelsea have spent a lot with the arrivals of Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Ben Chilwell and Hakim Ziyech, while City have struck big deals for Nathan Ake and Ferran Torres.
“We live in a world right now with a lot of uncertainty,” Klopp said. BBC Radio 5 Live. “For some clubs it seems less important how uncertain the future is.
“Owned by countries, owned by oligarchs, that’s the truth. We are a different club. We reached the Champions League final two years ago, we won it last year.
“We became Premier League champions last season because we are the club we are. We can’t change it overnight and say, ‘Now we want to behave like Chelsea.’
“They are signing a lot of players. That can be an advantage, but that means they have to fit in.”
“You can’t bring in the 11 best players in the world and expect that a week later they will play the best football.”
“It’s about working in training camp. That will probably be an advantage for us. We have worked with each other for quite some time.”
Klopp was also critical when the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned City’s two-year ban from competing in Europe in July.
The Liverpool manager was also involved in a heated exchange with Chelsea manager Frank Lampard last season and said he needed to learn.
Liverpool will begin their title defense against newly promoted Leeds United on Saturday at Anfield.
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