Sam Wallace: How Liverpool closed the gap on Manchester United’s money machine

In 2010 Anfield club were way behind Man United on and off the pitch, today the story is very different

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk holding the trophy as the open-top buses arrive close to Liverpool Waterfront during the Premier League winners parade. Photo credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

At the end of the 2010-11 season, seven months after Fenway Sports Group [FSG] finally took ownership of the troubled Liverpool FC, their old rivals Manchester United secured the 19th league title that would take them past Anfield’s total of 18.

Its significance was not lost on anyone at Liverpool. When FSG bought the club in October 2010, a comparison of the finances held that United were operating in a different world. In

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