Jurgen Klopp: Where next?

Drexel

Would love him after Wenger goes. Think it would be a good fit. But cant see him any where else but City

Il be sickened

Oat23

I'd rather manage Liverpool than City or Madrid.

The pressure at Madrid is ridiculous.
The Man City owners are impatient. Their squad is old as hell and needs a complete rebuild.

Liverpool have a decent squad and aren't exactly afraid to spend money.

No brainer for me.

Drexel

Oat23 wrote: »

I'd rather manage Liverpool than City or Madrid.

The pressure at Madrid is ridiculous.
The Man City owners are impatient. Their squad is old as hell and needs a complete rebuild.

Liverpool have a decent squad and aren't exactly afraid to spend money.

No brainer for me.

Only someone with a lack of ambition and belief would say this.

brevity

jonny666 wrote: »

Only someone with a lack of ambition and belief would say this.

Nonsense.

klose

Ancelotti could be sacked, pelligrini could be sacked, klopp having his contract rescinded, rafa not renewing his one with Napoli. Isn't pep leaving bayern next season too? If your gonna sack your manager now would be the time to do it I guess, plenty of potential quality replacements.

Oat23

jonny666 wrote: »

Only someone with a lack of ambition and belief would say this.

I'm sitting in front of a computer eating pot noodles dreaming of managing Liverpool. I don't think I lack ambition to be honest.

Harry Palmr

jonny666 wrote: »

Only someone with a lack of ambition and belief would say this.

Not sure how that computes - you might argue Liverpool would be a more ambitious management task than City (I wouldn't as it happens for reasons mentioned in previous posts regarding rebuilding ageing squad) Real Madrid are already in the box seat - obviously that doesn't mean a manager won;t be sacked even if they win the Champions League mind you. I suppose staying in that job shows ambition!

Alfred Borden

Carlo to City and Klopp to Real Madrid. I expect him sacked just as Wenger retires to take his position then.

Polo_Mint

Assistant Germany Manager then Germany Manager, Then Manchester United.

Utopia Parkway

Oat23 wrote: »

Liverpool have a decent squad and aren't exactly afraid to spend money.

Will they spend it on wages though?

Apart from that though Liverpool would make a lot of sense in that they have a lot of talented young players coming through that Klopp could mould into his high intensity system. The owners would probably give a new manager a decent amount of money to spend as well. He wouldn't be expected to win the league from day one like he would at City.

That said it's all moot as like Arsenal there probably won't be a vacancy there this Summer.

City as a club probably doesn't make sense but they are the club most likely to have a vacancy to fill. Plus a lot of money to convince Klopp if he's unsure.

citytillidie

Year out and then onto Bayern, with Pep going to Man City.

Bayern already have most of his Dortmund side so may as well take the manager

GavRedKing

NomadicGray wrote: »

At least if he does to city there'll be a likeable manager in the top 4/5

I like Van Gaal, bit of a spoofer, they all are, but his interviews and attitude towards them are fun to watch.

Drexel

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not sure how that computes - you might argue Liverpool would be a more ambitious management task than City (I wouldn't as it happens for reasons mentioned in previous posts regarding rebuilding ageing squad) Real Madrid are already in the box seat - obviously that doesn't mean a manager won;t be sacked even if they win the Champions League mind you. I suppose staying in that job shows ambition!

If you have ambition and belief as a top a manger you don't manage Liverpool. You go to places where leagues and CLs will be won.

Kirby

I'm somewhat confused with this "year off" lark that some keep saying. He's said he isn't taking time off.

"It's not that I am tired," Klopp said. "I have no contact to another club, either in England or elsewhere. But I do not intend to put in a sabbatical year."

GavRedKing

Rodgers wont be leaving
Wenger wont be leaving
Pelligrini will be very likely sacked
Ancelotti likewise

Klopp will have options but I'd be surprised if this summer, Arsenal or Pool are part of those offers,

If thats the case hes got 2 options and Madrid is the more crazy version but most likely for success.

City will be somewhat hampered by FFP in the summer, they wont have vast money to spend unless the sell off Aguero for about 50 or 60million, even taking the increased TV deal into the equation, City have a few holes in their squad appearing and its well documented that the squad average is pushing on.

Francie Barrett

I've lost a bit of respect for Klopp in the way he's carried this out. He is the Dortmund manager, and as such he should be making them his priority for as long as he is contracted to them. With Europa League spots still up for grabs in the Bundesliga, it would have been more in his line to try and salvage something from his bad season. Given that nothing will happen between now and the end of the season, he could easily have waited until then before making this announcement.

Cookiemunster

citytillidie wrote: »

Year out and then onto Bayern, with Pep going to Man City.

Bayern already have most of his Dortmund side so may as well take the manager

I wish people would stop spouting this nonsense. Goetze and Lewandowski are the only players to transfer from Dortmund to Bayern in the last 10 years.

Drexel

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I've lost a bit of respect for Klopp in the way he's carried this out. He is the Dortmund manager, and as such he should be making them his priority for as long as he is contracted to them. With Europa League spots still up for grabs in the Bundesliga, it would have been more in his line to try and salvage something from his bad season. Given that nothing will happen between now and the end of the season, he could easily have waited until then before making this announcement.

You must not have read the statement. He specifically mentions why he has announced this before the season ends

Cookiemunster

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I've lost a bit of respect for Klopp in the way he's carried this out. He is the Dortmund manager, and as such he should be making them his priority for as long as he is contracted to them. With Europa League spots still up for grabs in the Bundesliga, it would have been more in his line to try and salvage something from his bad season. Given that nothing will happen between now and the end of the season, he could easily have waited until then before making this announcement.

He's giving the club time to find a new manager before the end of the season so that they can plan for next season. I reckon it would have been kept quiet, but Bild got the news and ran it. It was only after that that Dortmund called the press conference.

Knex*

jonny666 wrote: »

If you have ambition and belief as a top a manger you don't manage Liverpool. You go to places where leagues and CLs will be won.

I hope you're not about to say Arsenal.

No offence or anything, and obviously Arsenal are in a better place than Liverpool at the moment, but your above criteria would only leave City available to Klopp in the PL, what with Chelsea and United not likely to change anytime soon.

For me, its down to City and Real Madrid, realistically.

Drexel

Knex. wrote: »

I hope you're not about to say Arsenal.

No offence or anything, and obviously Arsenal are in a better place than Liverpool at the moment, but your above criteria would only leave City available to Klopp in the PL, what with Chelsea and United not likely to change anytime soon.

For me, its down to City and Real Madrid, realistically.

You mentioned Arsenal.

You are spot on with everything else you said. City prob are the only realistic option in the PL now.

Francie Barrett

jonny666 wrote: »

You must not have read the statement. He specifically mentions why he has announced this before the season ends

Ah ok, I stand corrected!

SlickRic

jonny666 wrote: »

If you have ambition and belief as a top a manger you don't manage Liverpool. You go to places where leagues and CLs will be won.

i know you'd really, really love this to be true, but it's not.

it doesn't matter how many times you say it to yourself, or other rival club fans say it to themselves, Liverpool will always be a place where ambitious managers can thrive.

Harry Palmr

Last week on the Liverpool thread I did idly mention Klopp if Rodgers season petered out to a bad EL placing and no Cup

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95032126&postcount=6717

If the worst happened and FSG decided that was enough I'd like to think they'd look at him. Not sure who else they could bring to be honest!

Ferris_Bueller

He would be a perfect fit for Arsenal and for some reason I can see him ending up there eventually, but if he is to get a job this summer I'd imagine it will be at City. There is no chance he will go to Liverpool, one of the most sought after managers in football will not go to a team who regularly don't qualify for the CL.

MuPpItJoCkEy

Can easily see Real Madrid wanting him considering he's beaten them well before in Champions League and I'm sure he wouldn't mind a stint there as most managers would and since that could be a short enough stint, it could be a good place to go for he experience and the money before he settles at some other team with a more long term project if he hasn't been kept on at Madrid.

billyhead

This decision has him going to manage city written all over it. He possibly has already discussed terms with them.

Mr.H

Its amazing that a premiership manager can have a bad season and we all want them to be sacked, but a manager abroad who had an awful season becomes available we want him to manage our club.

Dalglish, Moyes, Wenger, Rodgers, Pelegrini, LVG) all over the last few years have come under pressure at certain times from keyboard warriors and match goers alike. Yet Jurgy bear who has had a terrible season is now looking for a new club and we ignore his bad season.

Too bad we dont give that kind of courtesy to our own managers

smileyj1987

I have a feeling it will be Madrid in the summer for klopp then he will spend about 3 years there and then more then likely move to man utd. I just get the feeling he will move to man utd at some stage in his career.

Drexel

SlickRic wrote: »

i know you'd really, really love this to be true, but it's not.

it doesn't matter how many times you say it to yourself, or other rival club fans say it to themselves, Liverpool will always be a place where ambitious managers can thrive.

I think people are misunderstanding what I said originally and are taking it as a slight against Liverpool.

Of course liverpool will attract ambitious managers, but a manager leaving Dortmund who will have offers from the best clubs in the world wouldnt be very ambitious if they went to liverpool