Liverpool will not win the Premier League in the next five years without massive investment in the squad – Kevin Keegan

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Liverpool legend and former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan insists that the Reds will not win the Premier League for the next five years unless a massive investment is made in the playing staff.

The Reds have fallen outside their previous status as one of the so-called big four, and could even miss out on Europe altogether next season by finishing outside the qualifying places this term.

Despite the arrivals of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll and their much improved form under the stewardship of Kenny Dalglish, Keegan believes that the Merseysiders are not going to win the league title any time soon.

“Unless huge investment comes in, I’d be amazed if Liverpool were to win the league championship in the next five years,” Keegan told The Telegraph.

“They are losing ground on their rivals by the minute, with only 40,000 coming into Anfield and not being in the Champions League.

“They need to find £300 million for a new stadium on top of all the rebuilding of the squad. They really have to seriously think of this new stadium and how they finance it.

“They need to get another 15,000 to 20,000 people in there so they can at least begin to compete with Manchester United on a commercial level. It saddens me to say it but they have to move from Anfield.”

The two clubs with whom Keegan is most closely associated – Liverpool and Newcastle – meet at Anfield on Sunday.