Jurgen Klopp slams Man City, Newcastle and PSG for being able to ‘do what they want’

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken a swipe at Manchester City, Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain for being able to ‘do what they want’ due to the power of oil money.

After pipping Liverpool to the Premier League title last season, City strengthened their squad with the marquee signing of Erling Haaland in the summer transfer window.

Having already scored 20 goals in 13 games for his new club, reports suggest the striker is earning around £900,000 a week inclusive of bonuses.

Liverpool spent money of their own, breaking their transfer record to secure the signature of Darwin Nunez, with Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay arriving for nominal fees, and Arthur joining on loan.

They were, however, reluctant to spend big on a midfielder, after missing out on first-choice target Aurelien Tchouameni to Real Madrid.

Ahead of their meeting at Anfield on Sunday, Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool “cannot act like” Man City in the transfer market and says “it’s not possible” to compete with their spending.

“Oh you don’t like the answer,” he said.

“You will not like the answer about that, and you all have the answer already.

“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. No matter what it costs, you just do it.

“City will not like it, nobody will like it, you ask the question but you know the answer.

Klopp went on to single out three clubs, presumably City, Newcastle and PSG, who have no restrictions on what they can spend to strengthen their squads.

He added: “What does Liverpool do? We cannot act like them. It is not possible. Not possible. It is just clear and again you know the answer. 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. They will say ‘yeah but we have…’ but it’s exactly the fact.

“I heard now that at Newcastle somebody (sporting director Dan Ashworth) said ‘there is no ceiling for this club’. Yes! He is right. He is absolutely right. There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations, but other clubs have ceilings.”