Jurgen Klopp has insisted there IS a way Liverpool can remain in the title conversation - this season and beyond - even without the oil-riches of the world’s state-backed clubs.
The Reds are fighting desperately to cling on to the coat-tails of Abu-Dhabi owned Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, as they fell off the pace with a spate of injuries and illness in December.
Yet the arrival of Luis Diaz on deadline day, and the return of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane from AFCON duty and exciting talent Harvey Elliott from long term injury has seen many suggest this is the strongest squad in club history.