Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner has admitted he has been surprised by Liverpool’s transfer business this summer.

The Premier League champions have spent close to $400million, or around £300M in the transfer market despite winning the title with four games to spare last season.

I don’t know if they’ll bring in Isak now too,” the Palace coach told Sky Sport Austria ahead of this weekend’s clash against Liverpool in the Community Shield.

“They’ve been playing at this level for years, so I have to say I was a bit surprised that they were so active, but of course it also shows their ambitions.

Arne Slot admits two Liverpool players could miss Community Shield and start of season	Liverpool have one big problem that needs sorting before facing Crystal Palace in the Community Shield - opinion	Arne Slot reveals Liverpool concern ahead of Crystal Palace Community Shield encounter

“I think you can always clearly see a club’s ambitions in the transfer market

And it seems that Liverpool FC isn’t satisfied with just winning the English league; I think they want to win the Champions League.

“They obviously saw that [they] needed to add one or two things to the squad, and they made that very clear and explicit early on this summer.”

Unsurprisingly, Glasner expects Liverpool to be among the frontrunners for the title again this season and feels one of four clubs could be crowned Premier League champions in 2025/26.

“The usual suspects: yes, of course, Liverpool will have a say again, City will have a say, Arsenal, who are also, well,” he said on the title race.

“Four or five clubs have invested heavily again

If I take City, over €300m in 2025, Liverpool similarly, I think Arsenal not far behind, Chelsea exactly the same, so you can see that they want to win the Premier League, they want to win the Champions League.

“And these teams, yes, Tottenham also has a very good team and has also got a great coach here now.

“They obviously had a great coach who won the Europa League, but I do think that one of Liverpool, City, Arsenal, or Chelsea will then win the title.

“Man United has also clearly shown their ambitions
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