Unless you can provide unequivocal and up to date proof that Liverpool have accelerated past us - despite our signing of the most expensive player in the clubs history, then we can only base our arguments on the latest available figures - and common sense. The only event that we have seen that was likely to fundamentally change Liverpool's salary profile since the Summer is Suarez being persuaded to stay. Logic cannot accept that whatever they paid him - if indeed they did. Was more than 42M plus Ozil's wages. I mean come on!