'Who knows' - Liverpool coach admits Jurgen Klopp exit uncertainty as unseen role revealed

Jurgen Klopp will have taken charge of at least 488 matches as Liverpool manager when he leaves the club at the end of the season.

Should the Reds reach the Europa League and FA Cup finals, such a total would rise to 496 games, with the German having between 18 and 26 matches left in charge of the club.

Regardless of what number he finishes on, only Bill Shankly, Tom Watson, and Bob Paisley will have overseen more games than Klopp when he departs Liverpool in the summer.

Appointed Reds manager in October 2015, he will be looking to win his eighth piece of silverware as Liverpool manager when his side lock horns with Chelsea in the League Cup final at Wembley later this month.

Liverpool Notebook - FSG face new Anfield development question and Trent Alexander-Arnold injury wait

Alisson Becker and two others hand Liverpool boost as club sweat over Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Yet despite being the man who ended the club’s 30-year wait to be crowned champions of England, lifted the Reds’ sixth European Cup, and saw them crowned champions of the world for the first time in their history, Klopp’s legacy is far more than just adding to Liverpool’s honours wall.

The club have certainly benefited from the consistency of having the German at helm for the past eight and a half years, with that perhaps most evident when it comes to his impact on the Academy. Klopp has never been shy of handing opportunities to youth players, but with the likes of Conor Bradley and Jarell Quansah shining when called upon by the first team, it is proving to be a sensational year down at Kirkby.

Klopp has selected 14 academy graduates so far this season, with 11 of them playing in the Premier League. Meanwhile, a further six have been