Liverpool and Chelsea go head-to-head at Stamford Bridge during Matchweek 2 of the English Premier League. And with the way Chelsea have been spending money this summer, many pundits think they will be able to challenge Jurgen Klopp’s men for the domestic crown.
Chelsea have brought in a series of superstar players into their first-team squad but according to talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan, Liverpool are still better off, in terms of spending wisely in the market.
The former Crystal Palace owner said on talkSPORT : “Nation states and oligarchs are driving football clubs in a certain direction…
“But Liverpool are a natural, organically iconic football club and, with respect to Chelsea, they are not. They’re a manufactured club on the demands of one man’s incredible wealth.
“The notion that Liverpool have somehow spent big, that’s a little bit silly really, because Liverpool sold £150million Coutinho which funded Virgil van Dijk’s move.
“So, if you’re going to draw a parallel with the £75m they spent on Van Dijk, Frank, do it between the £75m Liverpool spent and the £75m you spent on your goalkeeper – see if that works!
“If Liverpool have sold £200m worth of players, say Suarez and Coutinho, over the last five years and have spent £350m in that time, then they’ve spent a net of £30m a year.
“That’s not bad for a club that’s just destroyed the Premier League last season before the lockdown!”
Jurgen Klopp has flawlessly planned out his investments in the market, so much so that the Liverpool owners did not have to shell out too much money out of their own pockets.
But this streamlined funding also has a downside to it since when clubs like Man City and Chelsea have been spending big this summer, Liverpool are yet to make a marquee signing this summer(at the time of writing this article).
And in the end, no matter how good you are at managing money and players, down the memory lane, a team will always be judged by the number of trophies they have won.
