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I think in an ideal world he would probably want another year before taking the next step but timings may force his hand (unless he sees himself at Leverkusen for multiple years), if he does have this career plan mapped out in his head. I don't think the Liverpool job comes up again for at least 24 months and who knows with Bayern. Staying at Leverkusen another year might mean he doesn't get the opportunity to manager one or either of those clubs in the future.
What leads you to think we'd drop off that badly? The situation at Liverpool is massively different to the likes of ferguson and wenger who left **** poor squads
Interestingly, I actually think that following Klopp is the lesser expectations. For Bayern, it will be a case of well if you can win the league with Leverkusen then you should be able to win the league with Bayern easily enough, but oddly I think theres almost less pressure on trying to follow Klopp because Klopp is held in such high regard that virtually nobody thinks that anyone can do what Klopp has done. So maybe, in a sort of weird reverse way, whomever follows Klopp might be expected to not do as well.
I think whoever comes in will be given time. Barring an 18 month period where the club was in turmoil, no manager has been given less than 3 years in my entire lifetime. Liverpool's ownership and the people that will be tasked with appointing a new manager aren't emotional, irrational people. They're eggheads. As I mentioned in my previous post, the decision to appoint our next manager will be based heavily on analytics and the stattos will trust their numbers and allow time for things to come good. It was reported (and confirmed by Klopp) that Liverpool's head statto relied heavily on Klopp's final season at Dortmund when deciding he should be our first choice target as manager - he didn't watch a single second of Dortmund's matches, he only analysed the numbers in a season where Dortmund spent a large amount of time in the bottom half (even in the relegation zone iinm). From the data he was looking at he determined that Dortmund were playing a hell of a lot better than their results suggested and that things would turn around.
I'm under no illusions regarding the challenge of replacing Klopp but I think, barring a disaster, whoever replaces him will get at least a 2nd season.
Cant remember if you've said before , but do you have like a top 3 of your personal choice for the new manager? Who would be your number 1 choice?
Alonso's probably the outstanding candidate but the fact that he's not been a senior manager for even 18 months yet is a bit wild. I won't pretend to have watched enough of Amorim or even Nagelsmann and while De Zerbi's done a very good job at Brighton, I don't know if he's done enough to fill you with huge confidence that he's up to managing Liverpool.
I guess if Hansi Flick was to come and likes Gakpo, we could call him Herr Flick of the Gakpo
That's true and implies it's maybe the time to take a punt on an up-and-coming young manager because the opportunity cost is lower than usual (i.e. you aren't overlooking some obvious big candidate to appoint them).
