Jurgen Klopp dropped a bombshell on Friday as he announced he will be stepping down as Liverpool manager at the end of the 2023/24 season.
His decision brings an end to one of the most important chapters in Liverpool’s history, having turned the Reds back into a major force both domestically and on the continent. The German arrived in 2015 and has won a Premier League title, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup and more during his time on Merseyside.
Liverpool will be able to enjoy his expertise until the end of the season and are still fighting for four trophies, but attention will naturally turn to who his successor will be. There are some good coaches available at the moment and others who would surely love to make Anfield their next home.
Surely the obvious candidate?
A former Liverpool player currently doing an incredibly good job in another league, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen sit top of the Bundesliga with a four-point lead over Bayern Munich.
The Spaniard is greatly appreciated by Liverpool fans and has been linked with a host of big jobs throughout the season. Alonso’s team play similar high-intensity attacking football to Klopp’s Liverpool and he may well be ready for the next step at the end of this season.
In the aftermath of Klopp’s announcement, the majority of Liverpool fans on social media seem to be of the opinion that Alonso both should and will be the new Liverpool manager. Alonso’s next Leverkusen press conference should be very interesting.
Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi is linked with returns to Italy all the time but still seems keen to stay and succeed in the Premier League.
His brand of football would certainly suit the players in the Liverpool squad and it might come as an ideal time to leave the Seagulls without making them manager-less mid-season, as happened previously with Graham Potter.
There would be an element of risk involved given De Zerbi hasn’t managed a club of this stature before, but then very few coaches actually have. Klopp hadn’t before he arrived.
Julian Nagelsmann has often been linked with the biggest jobs in world football but his reputation took something of a hit at Bayern Munich.
Klopp’s departing interview suggests he does not want to go into a new club job straight away and there has always been the…
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