In the light of Jurgen Klopp’s criticism of Chelsea’s spending spree this summer, Frank Lampard has hit back at the Liverpool FC boss’s claims of being minor players in the transfer market.
The Blues have been rampant in the ongoing transfer window, signing as many as seven quality players following their fourth-place finish last season in the Premier League standings. The likes of Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, and Ben Chilwell, arrive at Stamford Bridge in big-money deals, hoping to make Lampard’s side title-contenders for the 2020-21 season.
However, Klopp did voice his concern over Liverpool FC’s fellow clubs being much more active in signing new acquisitions this summer in a recent interview. The German did not attempt to hide his slyness behind his remarks, stating that it would a near-impossible task for the Merseyside giants to rival Chelsea’s spending as they were ‘not owned by countries or oligarchs’.
And it seems Lampard has not taken kindly to Klopp’s recent reflections on his side’s transfer business, with the Blues manager making note of how the Reds’ themselves have spent a significant amount of money on signing players such as Mohammad Salah, Naby Keita, and Alisson in recent years.
“The reality is that, probably other than Leicester, most clubs that win the Premier League in the modern day have recruited well at quite a high level money-wise. You can go through the Liverpool players, Van Dijk, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Salah, incredible players that came at a very high price. But Liverpool have done it over a period of time.
“There is no point in doing the maths too much with it, we all know Liverpool have spent at a high level. They have spent huge amounts.
“We know they have an incredible coach, incredible players and the smart thing that Liverpool have done is believe in their coach and their system for a number of years. It is a great story but it is a story that has spent money on players.”
