Liverpool ‘acting like Man Utd’
Jamie Carragher has compared Liverpool’s transfer window to those of “Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson seemed able to sign any top-performing Premier League player he fancied”.
He wrote in his Telegraph column: “Klopp once said he didn’t want Liverpool to be the best team in the world, but the hardest to beat. He depicted his side as Rocky Balboa trying to defeat Ivan Drago.
“Seeing the club spend over £400m in one transfer window represents a bold new world for those of us emotionally invested in the Merseyside club.
“On the back of signing Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool are behaving more like Real Madrid under Florentino Pérez, Barcelona at their peak, Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson seemed able to sign any top-performing Premier League player he fancied, or Chelsea and Manchester City in the first transfer windows after their respective Roman Abramovich and Abu Dhabi takeovers.
“The club are tremendously well run and the net spend means they have acted within the rules. That’s a tribute to years of planning, and those critical of the owners during previous, less proactive transfer windows must have performed an embarrassing U-turn in the last few months.
“That cannot change that Wirtz and Isak will be judged against their high price tags.
“Such deals bring tremendous anticipation levels, but added pressure to deliver. When you spend as much as Liverpool, you must win.”
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