Ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sounded out for ambitious appointment by Champions League club

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The ambitious, slightly fanciful, pitch from Carvalho centers around making Benfica among the “leading clubs in world football”, and said he wants to re-sign Joao Neves from Paris Saint-Germain.

Speaking in a recent interview with Portuguese outlet Sic Noticias, Carvalho outlined his plans to make Benfica an elite club, which includes hiring Klopp.

“With me, [current coach] Bruno Lage won't stay beyond his contract [which ends at the end of the season],” explained the prospective new president.

“I need a world-class coach, one who has already won the Champions League and who wants to win a Champions League with Benfica.

Klopp could be offered the chance to take over at Benfica.

“He even said that Benfica is a great club that he would like to coach one day.

Someone who says that has something more to be at the club than anyone else.

“With Benfica today, it's obvious we can't win a Champions League,” Carvalho continued.

“But I have a financial plan geared toward that goal.

“I can promise Benfica fans that, in four or five years, we'll be playing in a Champions League final.”

Klopp has been linked with several managerial positions since he left Liverpool, including the Real Madrid and Brazil roles this summer, but the German cited his mental exhaustion when he left Anfield, while he admitted this summer that he is still enjoying a slower pace to life.

“I don’t want that anymore,” Klopp told Welt in June