Jurgen Klopp has questioned why Liverpool have been dubbed second-favourites to Manchester City this season.

Speaking after his side opened the Premier League season with an emphatic 4-0 win over West Ham United, Reds boss Klopp said only in England could you "win the title in the transfer market."

He said on Sky Sports: "I couldn't be less interested in what other people say of us. We said it before the game again, what people say is sometimes nice, sometimes not so nice, but it is always not important.

"What is important is that we know what we want to be, and we want to be a challenger. How can we be something different? We didn't win anything in the last few years, that's the truth. And the other teams, I can't see that they've got weaker. So why should we [be the only challengers] because we made a few signings?

"It's only an English thing, where you can win the league in the transfer window. It's not possible. It's not interesting. We did our business, other teams did theirs last year, two years ago, whatever. We did it this year because we felt it was the right moment to do so, that's all! We enjoy our role, and all the rest is not important to us."