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transfer news: Reds' surprise decision praised for winning the club the title

Liverpool-transfer-news-Reds-surprise-decision-praised-Premier-League-title" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle"> Liverpool surprise transfer decision praised for winning Reds the Premier League title Liverpool's decision to avoid spending big last summer has been praised by Phil Neville. PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 06:00, Fri, Jun 26, 2020 0

Liverpool 's decision not to sign any big-money players last summer has been hailed as one of the reasons for their success this year, after the Reds secured the Premier League title for the first time. Former Manchester United player Phil Neville believes the decision to keep the squad largely the same last summer made players more hungry to succeed this time around. Related articles Pep Guardiola laments lack of Man City passion as he hails Liverpool

Liverpool's last big-money transfer came in the summer of 2018, when they forked out for Alisson Becker, Naby Keita and Fabinho.

Despite winning the Champions League last summer, Jurgen Klopp opted against spending big, and paid only £1.5million for Sepp van den Berg, before buying Takumi Minamino in the recent January window for £7.25m.

Multiple players left on permanent moves, including Danny Ings, Simon Mignolet and Ryan Kent, but Klopp stood firm and kept his squad largely intact.

And Neville believes that was one of the main reasons for Liverpool's sprint to the title this season, as the players in the squad were hungry having missed out last year.

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Liverpool finished just one point behind Manchester City last season, having pushed the Citizens to the final game of the campaign.

But their wait for a Premier League title went on, though they went on to secure the title in record time this year.

The Reds are 23 points clear of City, and still have seven games remaining - the most of any team in Premier League history.

Speaking on Match of the Day 2, Neville praised the decision made by Klopp last summer, calling him an "unbelievable manager". LATEST LIVE SPORT TV DEALS