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United splashed over £160 million on Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, but both have been benched routinely by Mourinho, while £50 million summer signing Fred didn’t even make the squad for their recent 2-2 draw with Arsenal.
The 20-time English champions also spent big in January by handing Alexis Sanchez reportedly the most lucrative contract in Premier League history, but the Chilean, who will miss Sunday’s clash through injury, has scored just once this season.
In trying to warn of the threat United sill pose, Klopp arguably offered the most stinging criticism of all on Friday.
“Of course I’m aware of the criticism but when we make the analysis and switch off the sound, it’s all quality,” said the German.
“There’s a lot of quality; there’s speed, there’s technique, there’s physical strength, they have pretty much everything.
“They still have (David) De Gea in goal. It’s unbelievable. They have strikers – they can switch between (Marcus) Rashford, Lukaku and others; they have (Jesse) Lingard, they have (Anthony) Martial.
“They have unbelievable quality. We don’t judge the points they have, we judge the quality they have, and we prepare for that.”
While Klopp has squeezed every ounce of potential from his p[layers, Mourinho’s failure to get the most from what he has at his disposal has seen United fall behind.
