Jurgen Klopp once suggested it was impossible for Liverpool to match their richest rivals in the transfer market. But no-one has spent more in this transfer window then they have.
Alexander Isak is now the most expensive footballer in Britain
"There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations. Some other clubs have ceilings. We cannot act like them. It is not possible."
How times change.
Those were the words of then Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in October 2022.
Less than three years later, his successor Arne Slot has just overseen the biggest spend by a club in a transfer window.
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