Liverpool 'have no successor lined up for Jurgen Klopp'
The Liverpool hierarchy reportedly have nobody in the frame to replace Jurgen Klopp when the Reds boss steps down from his position at the end of the summer.
The 56-year-old sent shockwaves across Europe on Friday morning, announcing that he would be leaving his post at the end of the 2023-24 campaign following almost nine years at the helm.
Alongside Klopp, who confessed to «running out of energy» as his main reason for ceding control of the reins, assistant coaches Pep Lijnders, Vitor Matos and Peter Krawietz will also be departing to embark on their own managerial careers.
Once Liverpool fans had gathered their thoughts after Klopp's bombshell interview, focus quickly turned to speculation over who could step into the German's shoes, and a number of possible candidates have been mentioned.
Ex-Liverpool midfielder and Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso is already the odds-on favourite, but Roberto De Zerbi, Julian Nagelsmann and Zinedine Zidane are believed to be viable alternatives to the Spaniard.
Klopp revealed that Liverpool's owners were made aware of his intention to leave back in November, but according to The Telegraph, the powers-that-be do not have successor lined up at this moment in time.
Having been given a heads-up by Klopp two months before the news became public, the report claims that the board have been quietly planning for the announcement and will now begin a protracted recruitment process lasting until the summer.
With Alonso's Leverkusen unit currently competing for the Bundesliga title and other candidates also challenging for silverware with their respective teams, the Liverpool hierarchy will supposedly proceed with caution so as not to «destabilise» other clubs' chances of glory in the
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