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It's a very valid question.
I think on paper, man for man we are actually quite closely matched, closer than the league position suggests, but they are in the type of transition we were in the season we appointed Pochettino. We played some fucking atrocious and inconsistent stuff last season at times, as Poch struggled without a proper pre season, with some players that didn't suit his system etc. We could see glimmers of promise in games and big pointers in two or three. Just as Liverpool are showing the odd glimmer under Klopp.
Klopp is a very similar manager to Pochettino and is further down the evolutionary career path, has won major league titles etc, I think once Klopp starts tinkering with the squad a little, and they will back him, they do spend and have a higher wage bill than us, has a proper pre-season (the Euros might hopefully hamper that a bit this summer) I don't think there's any doubt that they will become more consistent and will be challenging - with us hopefully - for a top four place.
I think on paper, man for man we are actually quite closely matched, closer than the league position suggests, but they are in the type of transition we were in the season we appointed Pochettino. We played some fucking atrocious and inconsistent stuff last season at times, as Poch struggled without a proper pre season, with some players that didn't suit his system etc. We could see glimmers of promise in games and big pointers in two or three. Just as Liverpool are showing the odd glimmer under Klopp.
Klopp is a very similar manager to Pochettino and is further down the evolutionary career path, has won major league titles etc, I think once Klopp starts tinkering with the squad a little, and they will back him, they do spend and have a higher wage bill than us, has a proper pre-season (the Euros might hopefully hamper that a bit this summer) I don't think there's any doubt that they will become more consistent and will be challenging - with us hopefully - for a top four place.