Dion Fanning: Klopp didn’t turn doubters into believers. His achievements were even greater than that

Only Klopp and those closest to him will know how great the toll of managing Liverpool has been, even if he referenced it in his announcement. But he will leave as a manager whose standing with Liverpool supporters is as great as any figure in the club’s history.

MAMMOTH ACHIEVEMENTS: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is lifted up by his players after winning the UEFA Champions League. Pic: Peter Byrne, PA Wire

JAMIE Carragher once explained the task of managing Liverpool by saying that the man who walked in the door was never the same man who left some years later.

By the end of their time in charge, men like Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez had been fundamentally altered by the job. Carragher saw them diminish in real time. They became paranoid, shrunken and drained.