How can you be persuaded to stay, Jurgen? OLIVER HOLT asks the question on all Liverpool fans' lips

This is not the first time the question has been asked of Jurgen Klopp and it will not be the last. But in the aftermath of Liverpool’s emotionally charged victory over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, it feels particularly pertinent. Is there really no way that you can be persuaded to stay?

Is there really nothing that will change your mind? Is there nothing that could make you reconsider the decision to leave Anfield at the end of this season after nine years in charge? Is there nothing that could make you think that maybe, in the modern Liverpool you have built, the best is yet to come?

Because there was something about the triumph over Chelsea and the manner in which it was achieved, with an intoxicating blend of magisterial experience and optimistic youth, that made it feel as if it might be a transformative experience for all of those involved on the winning side.

It felt as if this was not an era that was coming to an end. It felt as if this was an era that was just beginning. Klopp built one great side at Liverpool and it is beginning to look as if he has built another. It is only in its first flowering but it has the feel of a group of players who might go on to achieve special things.

It is a shame to think Klopp will not be around to enjoy the fruits of all the work he has put in and all the pressure he has endured. It is a pity to think that he might not be around in future years to oversee the maturing of this collection of players that he has brought together. If there was anything in Sunday’s victory that felt bittersweet, it was that.

Jamie Carragher, the former Liverpool and England defender, drew an interesting comparison on Monday that between Klopp and Bill Shankly, who was the Liverpool