Liverpool legend John Aldridge has branded critics wrong claiming Jose Mourinho's Manchester United a chequebook team.
Writing for the Sunday World, Aldo declares those who say United are trying to "buy the title" are out of order.
He wrote: "Jose Mourinho will be accused of buying the Premier League title if his Manchester United side end up as champions - but I don't think that accusation can be thrown at him any more.
"There is a very simple rule that needs to be followed in the most extravagant transfer window ever and it reads something like this; join the madness, or get left behind.
"That is precisely what Mourinho and United have done with their lavish summer of spending that has included the £89m deal for Paul Pogba, the £30m capture of defender Eric Bailly and purchase of Henrikh Mkhitaryan for around £26m.
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also arrived and while he is down as a free transfer, the wages and package that United pay him is massive - so their cash outlay this summer has blown everyone else away.
"Yet while Mourinho effectively bought the title using money inherited from a Russian billionaire in his first stint as Chelsea boss, this spending splurge is a little more palatable."