Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are ready to go head-to-head with Manchester United and will not flinch when it comes to spending big this summer.
Liverpool are on the strongest footing they have been in many years and Klopp will look for his team to make a statement of intent at Old Trafford; whichever team is successful will become hot favourites to finish runners-up to Manchester City.
There is a feeling that Liverpool are not too far away from being genuine title challengers and with the right additions in the next window, the progress that has been made over the past two years will be accelerated.