Personally, I like this mentality that the coach has, I think his the one pushing the team to sign more players for him. Who would have thought that Liverpool can actually spend like! They have already spent hundreds of millions this summer alone as compared to what they have spent in years before. They will come hard this new season and Liverpool is one of the team that's making me agitate for the season to start immediately, lol.
Perhaps it's just the reality that if you want to be competitive and keep players you have to spend a lot of money. Some clubs have resisted this trend (Bayern for example) but with the Saudis and the ongoing expansion of the media business changing the economics of football even the conservative clubs are increasing their spending dramatically. The question is whether they can keep up their income growth or if they will end up in Barcelona's position after a bad season or two and have to come up with ways to avoid going bankrupt and stay in business.