Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has refused to criticise the likes of Manchester City for their transfer spending this summer.
Pep Guardiola's side have splashed a British record £100m upon Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish, a figure that could be dwarfed by the pursuit of Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
The likes of Chelsea and Manchester United have also spent considerable fees this summer, along with the likes of Arsenal and even Aston Villa, while Liverpool's transfer activity has been minimal.
However, Klopp, who has been outspoken on transfer spending in the past, has stated it is not his position to judge.
"Everybody has an opinion about it but it is not my position to judge the things that other clubs are doing," said Klopp, as reported by our sister site the Liverpool Echo.
"So the thing that I love about a football match is not about having the best 11 players. That's how it is. So that always gives you a chance to win a football game. We very often had the better players, probably, on the pitch but lost anyway.
"That's not good but it shows there is a chance for us as well if we face a team with better players than us. I don't see that to be 100 per cent honest.
"But if that is the case and there are new ones, who have not been at the club long and have cost a lot of money - of course all the players the clubs have signed have real quality - and if Harry is really going to Man City that would not make them worse! So that's incredible.
"But City were probably the best team last year and won the league, yes, but didn't win exactly the one they wanted. That's the situation. So there are different things you can do in football.
"There is no criticism at all. I don't understand it 100 per cent how it is possible, but it seems to be possible for them and that is the situation."
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