Liverpool's spending explained by expert as transfer budget remains tight despite success

dailystar.co.uk:

Evening Standard : “If you take a look at Liverpool’s wage bill, that has practically doubled since 2015. What Liverpool have done is that when they’ve had money they’ve put it into the squad. “Fans are unhappy about players not being signed but what Liverpool are doing instead is that they’re getting their existing squad on longer contracts.“If I were a Liverpool fan, the thing I’d want to do most of all is get Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk and tie them up for another couple of years.

That, to me, is more valuable than trying to get a player who won’t necessarily improve the starting XI but might improve the squad.“That’s one contributory factor, that Liverpool have invested but they’ve invested in players, managers, coaches they already.