Liverpool can compete with the super rich clubs like Manchester City because of their fans.
That is the verdict of manager Jurgen Klopp, who says that money has nothing to do with his amazing success, but the sheer history and emotional tradition of the fanbase absolutely does. The Reds have been neck and neck with City over the past four years, just one point separating the two clubs over that time, in an epic contest that is one of the greatest and most intense in history.
Yet the odds have always been stacked against Klopp, given he has a net spend of less than a quarter of Pep Guardiola, and a wage bill significantly less. But he argued there are more things than money when it comes to winning: “I don't understand why it depends on money. We have a special group of players here.