‘Liverpool can’t compete with Manchester City’: No, Jürgen Klopp is not a liar

A week later, the projection still divides the Kingdom. Last Friday, two days before the meeting between Liverpool and Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp had launched the poster with a long tirade which, undoubtedly, played a role in the tensions which surrounded the shock. Then asked about the weapons that the Reds had at their disposal to compete with the cityzen enemy, the German manager had straddled one of his old hobbyhorses.

“No one can compete with Cityhe had dropped, referring to the financial power of the club. You have the best team in the world and you add the best striker on the market, without worrying about what it costs.” A reference to the arrival of Erling Haaland, recruited for 60 million euros, but also to all the other players ripped off with other tens of millions of euros.

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“We can’t act like themhe continued. It is not possible. […] There are three clubs in world football who can do whatever they want financially. It’s legal and it’s fine. But they can do whatever they wantThe three teams targeted? Newcastle, Paris Saint-Germain and, of course, Manchester City.

And to his forms of wave to be accused of xenophobia – these three clubs belonging to shareholders from Gulf states – the background has also raised heated debates, both on social networks and in the British press. Many even accusing the manager of the Reds of bad faith … even qualifying his words as lies.

Nuñez more expensive than Haaland, Alisson more expensive than Ederson…

Here, we hastened to point out that Darwin Nuñez cost much more than Erling Haaland (75 million euros against 60) and that this comparison could extend to other positions, such as that of the leader of defense – Van Dijk more expensive than Ruben Dias – or goalkeeper goals – Alisson more expensive than Ederson.

“Thanks to Anfield, Liverpool showed how to play against City”

There, Jim White, on the British radio talkSPORT, endeavored to recall that the net expenditure of Manchester City this season is lower than that of Liverpool. And that they are also over the past five years. The first observation stands up, since the Skyblues took advantage of the departures of Sterling, Jesus or even Zinchenko to amass a nice jackpot (nearly 160 million in all, for “only” 140 of expenses). The second is a fine use of Brandolini’s law.

Firstly because in fact, Liverpool lost a little less money than Manchester City in terms of transfers. The Scousers have lost 240.68 million euros in net balance since 2018/2019. The Skyblues? 241.96 million. Of course, the difference is not huge. It is even negligible, and could therefore make Jürgen Klopp’s speech much less audible. The sample would still have to be well chosen.

Manchester City, the team of billions

Because in the end, stopping at the figures for the last five years doesn’t really make sense. Five is nothing but half of ten. Manchester City went under the flag in 2008. Pep Guardiola arrived at the club… 6 years ago. Reducing the spectrum to the period 2018-2023 is equivalent to hiding a good part of the facts. It is also to omit (voluntarily?) the 2017/2018 financial year where the Mancunian club had spent … 317.5 million euros. To afford players who are still important today (Walker, Bernardo, Ederson…).

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Overall, the larger the sample, the more it attests to the financial chasm that separates Manchester City from all other English clubs, including Liverpool. For ten years (to take a round figure …), the Mancunian management has spent 1.7 billion euros, against 1.1 for that of the Reds. Its net balance also flirts with the lost billion (-983 million exactly), while the losses of the Mersey club are limited to 399 million euros.

And if Nuñez, Van Dijk and Alisson actually cost much more than the Haaland – Ruben Dias – Ederson trio, the difference in cost of the two squads is also colossal. On the Manchester City side, the fifteen players most used this season by Pep Guardiola generated 808.7 million transfer expenses. About 150 million euros more than for the fifteen favorites of Jürgen Klopp. In Liverpool, six of these fifteen men cost less than 15 million euros. In Manchester City, only one: Phil Foden, trained at the club.

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