Speaking on The Overlap, Gary Neville has been discussing Liverpool and their recent era of success.
The Merseyside club have undoubtedly been one of the very best teams in the world in recent years. They’ve reached three of the last five Champions League finals, finishing in the top two of the Premier League on as many occasions.
If it weren’t for Manchester City and Real Madrid, this Liverpool team would’ve been heralded as one of the best of all-time, and they’ve managed all of this without breaking the bank, with their net spend being minimal over the past few years.
Due to their net spend, Neville says that Jurgen Klopp has been punching well above his weight for a long time at Anfield.
Klopp over achieving
Neville spoke about the Liverpool boss working wonders on his budget.
“Jurgen Klopp has just been punching above his weight for so long when you look at the net spend of all the other teams, and what he’s achieved has just been off the scale to be competing with that [Manchester] City team,” Neville said.
Unsustainable
As brilliant as Liverpool have been at building a world-class squad on a tight-knit budget, this sort of growth may now prove to be unsustainable.
Think about it, the Reds are quickly running out of sellable assets.
Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Mo Salah are now in their 30s, Roberto Firmino’s contract is coming to its end, while there would probably be protests outside of Anfield if Trent Alexander-Arnold was sold.
Liverpool don’t really have the capability to sell someone for a Philippe Coutinho-level fee anymore in order to replenish the other areas of their squad.
FSG need to start putting their hands in their pockets, or else the Reds will slip away from being one of Europe’s elite clubs.
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