Who are the front-runners to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool FC?

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00:00 You felt when Steven Gerrard had the Aston Villa job, it didn't work out but that maybe

00:07 was a natural progression, sort of pencilled in for him to take over when Klopp left the

00:12 club. Xabi Alonso is looking at the book he's favourite, we've seen clips of Mourinho saying

00:18 he's going to be such a good coach because he's worked under so many different coaches,

00:22 he's doing fantastic in the Bundesliga. Who can you see being that man to replace him?

00:29 How happy would Liverpool fans be if it was their former midfielder?

00:35 I think you can understand why he's the favourite, he's done an unbelievable job at Bayer Leverkusen

00:39 in his first managerial job but you'd have to say, is he ready? Is he a step too far

00:46 though? Bayer Leverkusen is a big club but how much pressure has it been on to deliver?

00:53 If he comes into Liverpool, his ream of work to be to challenge for titles, to challenge

00:58 for Champions League, is he ready for that? He hasn't been at Bayer Leverkusen for all

01:03 that long, it's not like he's been there four, five, six years, he's been there what, best

01:08 part of 18 months maybe and that's not very long in a manager's career whatsoever. So

01:15 it's a difficult one for Liverpool to get it right, anyone who takes it has got big

01:21 boots to fill. Steven Gerrard is probably out of the frame now, he's obviously gone

01:24 to Saudi Arabia, rebuilding his reputation and it's a new deal there so he could almost

01:30 rule that out. Roberto D'Abbia's son will look at anything, try and get him in. Will

01:38 he want to leave Brighton as well so early? Will he fancy himself to think, you know what,

01:44 I'm going to try and upset the African Cup in the Premier League, I'm going to try and

01:50 finish the top four and then maybe challenge for titles, a bit like Unai Emery has done

01:54 at Villarreal. Obviously if Unai Emery is still Villarreal, maybe we look at him and

01:59 think we'll go and get him. So it is an interesting one and then you're looking at people like

02:05 Julian Adelsman who's took the Germany job now, he's been tipped for Liverpool before

02:10 because of his connections to the Red Bull franchises and they play a very similar, high

02:15 octane style to Liverpool. I don't want to say clear candidate but could we get a bit

02:25 of a left field one as well, someone who's already in the Premier League? They went and

02:28 got Brendan Rodgers from Swansea, could he go and get... I don't know, maybe it's a bit

02:36 too early and they are only 12th in the league but the form of Manchester City's proven himself,

02:40 he plays a style that's very high octane and he's started to come to the fore a little

02:45 bit. Do you take a risk? Do you go and look for someone who maybe is doing well in City

02:55 or in La Liga or in the Bundesliga? I don't know. These are all the facets that FSG are

03:03 going to have to weigh up and I don't think they'll be making a quick decision personally.

03:09 I think they'll be being very objective, being very measured about who they go and get in

03:15 but it's going to be so hard to replace Jadon Klopp and whoever does it, they'll have to

03:22 fall back on the Liverpool fans and Liverpool fans will have to realise Jadon Klopp's not

03:28 here anymore, we've got to maybe change our expectations a little bit for the early stages

03:34 while things adapt etc. But I imagine FSG will want to manage it, play a similar style

03:40 to Jadon Klopp so that they aren't affected too much.

03:43 Thank you.