Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pointed to this season’s title triumph as an example of not needing to spend to succeed.

Having finished a point behind champions Manchester City last year, the Reds ended a 30-year wait for a top-flight title this summer by running away with the league.

They did so having brought in only youngsters Sepp Van Den Berg for £1.3million and Harvey Elliott – whose fee is to be decided by a tribunal – and back-up goalkeeper Adrian on a free before the season began, before spending £7.25m on Takumi Minamino in January.

“It is not the easiest game I ever prepared with a team because there are two things tomorrow night,” he said.

“There is a very important football game, it is not as if we are there waiting for the party to start.

“But I cannot, and don’t want to, ignore that after that game there will be a trophy lift.

“From a professional basis it is 100 per cent one of the greatest days of my life to get our hands on this trophy.”