Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has hit back at Eddie Howe after the Newcastle manager's criticism of Reds owner John W Henry's calls of limits on transfer spending.
Howe voiced his unhappiness at the prospect of more restrictions after Henry spoke in the week of his desire for responsible" spending across the Premier League due to certain club's unsustainable" plans.
Howe, whose side are fighting Liverpool for a place in next season's Champions League, said: I wouldn't want to see any more restrictions on spending. We have spent money - don't get me wrong - but future restrictions would certainly deny our ability to improve as quickly as we want to."
Klopp responded today, stating: It's not about names or players but John's right.
If you have a look at the players we brought in in the last couple of transfer windows, Luis [Diaz], Darwin [Nunez], Cody [Gakpo] all players for the frontline. Sadio [Mane], Bobby [Firmino] and Mo [Salah] together were for quite a while one of the best front threes in world football.
Sadio left in the summer, Bobby next summer, Mo is [the only one] left pretty much but we replaced them. Diogo [Jota] came in as well. I think that's investment. It's wise investment, responsible investment. It's what you want and what we needed.
We'll do that for other parts of the team and it will be possible."