But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.
English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.
Teams buy players and change managers if they feel they need change at the club.
I think sometimes managers like to buy players because they're more experienced from abroad or when they've got players under their nose that will give everything to the club they've been brought up with.
The players make the manager, it's never the other way.
The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.
It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.
It has been an honor and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager.
All the managers in the world are here to win games.
This club is all about winning trophies and we've got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously.
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