Liverpool next manager candidates with three options clear

FSG's manager search is underway after the shock announcement that Jurgen Klopp will depart Liverpool at the end of the season.

Reds chiefs have been given the unenviable task of replacing the most successful manager in modern Liverpool history as they assess the candidates for the role.

But who should they be looking at? Our writers have their say:

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De Zerbi has shown how to achieve in style

Paul Gorst: Roberto de Zerbi is the charismatic, forward-thinking Italian coach who inspired Brighton and their easy-on-the-eye style to their highest-ever Premier League finish of sixth last term.

And barely a year into his time with Brighton & Hove Albion and the Seagulls are eagerly anticipating a last-16 tie of the Europa League in what is their first season in European football.

De Zerbi has also been hamstrung by the fact the club have had to sell their two best midfielders in Moises Caicedo and Liverpool's current No.10, Alexis Mac Allister, but he has still managed to keep the team pushing for a repeat performance in the Premier League, with the south-coast side seventh in the table, above Manchester United, Newcastle and Chelsea.

De Zerbi has no doubt been aided by the slick operation at the Amex Stadium and the stability that exists because of it, but Liverpool are run with the same of sort of professionalism that can only help a manager.

Replacing Jurgen Klopp is the impossible job and whoever walks in next has their work cut out. De Zerbi, though, has shown his time in English football that he certainly has pedigree worthy of a closer