Exclusive - Gary Gillespie: Liverpool are a million miles away from being a top club again

Gary Gillespie admits Liverpool are a million miles away from being a ‘top club’ again.

The Reds have struggled in recent seasons to compete with the Premier League’s best and have finished out of the top four for the previous three seasons.

A Champions League place looks out of reach this year and Gillespie, who won the European Cup and First Division title with the Anfield side, believes the club has a long way to go before they can regain their position with the top teams in England.

“If you ask anybody from outside the UK who are a big side they would say Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man United. Liverpool would not be in there," he said.

"Historically they are a big club, but they are a million miles away from those sides at the moment.

“Just look at when they go into the transfer market. Liverpool are looking at £10-12million players rather than the top sides who can spend £25-30million.

"Liverpool just don’t have those sort of resources at this moment in time.”