Jurgen Klopp is convinced. The Liverpool manager believes Newcastle's takeover means there is now a new challenger on the block. "Newcastle fans will love it of course but of course for us, it just means there is a new superpower in Newcastle.
I can't avoid that. "Money cannot buy everything but over time they have enough money to make a few wrong decisions to then make the right decisions and then they will be where they want to be ...
guaranteed spot in the Champions League. In a few years' time, not immediately." Klopp isn't always right, of course. He did buy Loris Karius.
So we asked the writers who report on the teams who regularly qualify for the Champions League if they are concerned about a new threat to their top-four hopes.
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