832m spent at City.
Sorry but give klopp that at Liverpool, solskjaer that at United, even ancelotti that at Everton. Having already had sterling de Bruyne Silva fernandinho and Aguero. I genuinely believe each would do as much as guardiola has at City. That list could go on too. All his success comes with that caveat
Very selective though isn’t it - we’ve spent around 830m in the last 5 years but we’ve also sold 320m. You can’t include the purchase of Danilo and Cancelo to suit you when the sale of one was then used to acquire the other.
Comparatively United have spent 610m and sold
230m in the same timeframe, so actually net there’s only about 100m difference, and the difference between the two performance and silverware wise far exceeds the difference in spending.
My view on Pep has always been the same - he needs a lot of money to achieve what he does, but if he has it, there’s no manager more effective at getting excellent players to play excellent football. For any “rich” club, he’s as good as there is - I would heavily dispute that Solskjaer and Ancelotti could replicate that at Everton and United. Good players cost 50m+ a pop, and excellent players double that.
I think what Klopp has done with the Liverpool team given how much he’s had to spend is a very impressive achievement, which is why he also gets a lot of deserved praise. I think if you were a club with a decent budget but not a huge one, going for Klopp could well prove more fruitful.