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Frank Lampard played down Jurgen Klopp’s criticism of Chelsea’s spending spree, saying he finds the comments “funny” given Liverpool’s expensive side.
Chelsea have spent close to £ 200 million on Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech, Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva in an attempt to close the gap with champion Liverpool.
By comparison, the Reds have so far brought in only Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos in this transfer window, with Klopp declaring on Thursday that his team is “a different club” to its rivals, as they are “not owned by countries or oligarchs” .
However, Lampard suggested that Liverpool would never have won a first league title in 30 years the last time Klopp had not received financial backing to bring players like Virgil van Dijk, Alisson, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah into windows. previous.
When asked about Klopp’s comments ahead of the Blues’ season openers in Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday, Lampard told reporters: “I found it a bit funny because when you talk about club owners, you don’t I think it matters what line of business they come from.
“We’re talking about some very wealthy owners in the Premier League. With Liverpool’s history, I made a lot of referrals last year. They’ve got the recruiting to a really high level.
“The reality is that, apart from Leicester, most of the clubs that win the league today have recruited at a fairly high level in terms of money.
“You can go through the Liverpool players, Van Dijk, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Salah, incredible players who had a very high price. Liverpool have done it for a period of time.
“What we’ve done is get out of a ban and try to address the situation ourselves. It’s normal. There is no point in doing the math.
