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Thank you. Welcome to the big thing from total soccer show, the show where we break down the stories that are dominating the beautiful game.

Today, we turn our attention to a key detail that's emerged in the War of Words between Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp and Manchester City.

In the press conference before Liverpool's 1-0 win over City last weekend, Clop said it's not

possible for Liverpool to compete with city spending because Gulf State-owned clubs can,

and I quote, do what they want despite financial fair play rules.

Klop says City, Paris-en-Germand and Newcastle are not bound by the same financial constraints

as most other clubs and cast doubt on

the effectiveness of FFP. In the aftermath of the game in which Klopp received a red card with

his three points, reports of alleged Manciti believe his comments are borderline xenophobic. And Klop

has strongly refuted the notion that he has been xenophobic and reportedly responded with

the threat of legal

action over these xenophobia claims. Her boy, there's a lot to get into in this episode. My name's

Ryan Bailey, joining me to break it all down. We have Mr Taylor Rockwell. Hello. Hello. Graham

Rothman, hi. Hi, Ryan Bailey. Joe Lowry. Hey. Ahoy. All right, Graham, where on earth do we start with this story?

Because it's a complex one.

We have one massive club in Liverpool who spend an awful lot of money,

who have been at the peak of the game for many years,

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