I asked some pool fan friends if Liverpool outspend every other team in the world, are they "buying the league"?.
Nope...
It's only when City, United or Chelsea do it
I got the story that it's a rebuild because several players are aging etc... (City and Chelsea don't have that problem. Their players don't age or leave).
Then they brought up net spend over the past few seasons, so I pointed out that at one point in
their opinion those other clubs started "buying the league".
They almost launched into the "we are different, we aren't British or English, we are Scouse...." Etc....
Then... They said you had to spend money, it's the only way to compete.
But Chelsea, City and United are not allowed do it

Only Liverpool.
Go figure.