Liverpool hero John Aldridge is backing Jurgen Klopp's criticism of Manchester City's spending.
Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: "As Klopp correctly said in his press conference ahead of the Manchester City game, he is trying o challenge an opponent that have unlimited funds from sugar-daddy owners.
"City didn't seem to like those comments, but the truth hurts.
"They were nowhere as a football club for most of my life and everything changed the day they were taken over by an Arab state and became the poster boys for Abu Dhabi's tourism.
"I would not like my old club to go down that road in an effort to achieve success, but the reality is it is tough to compete at the top of the game if you don't have the same unlimited supply of cash.
"The Premier League could be in for a different few years now as I can see Liverpool needing to start a rebuilding process which means they may be out of the title picture for a while."