Jurgen Klopp won’t offer advice on successor but backs Reds to get ‘top manager’

Unlike Sir Alex Ferguson, who in the summer of 2001 announced his retirement only to backtrack at the end of the season, Klopp will not be moved from his stance, whether his team win it all or finish empty-handed.

END OF AN ERA: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is stepping down at the end of the season. Pic: Andrew Matthews, PA

Jurgen Klopp will play no part in appointing his successor at Liverpool but is confident they will secure a “top manager”.

The club are currently without a sporting director but in 2015 Fenway Sports Group president Mike Gordon led the recruitment of Klopp.