Ruben Amorim seems like the favourite for the job at the moment, but another name has been tipped too over the last week.

That’s Gian Piero Gasperini, who has done a tremendous job as the manager of Atalanta since he took over the club back in 2016.

After Atalanta picked up a fantastic 3-0 against Liverpool at Anfield, some people suggested that Gasperini should be considered to replace Klopp this summer.

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The journalist claimed that the links were generated only from the game at Anfield last week, and there’s absolutely nothing between the two parties.

He made it clear that Gasperini will not become the next Reds boss.

He said in his Daily Briefing yesterday: “Gian Piero Gasperini will have raised some eyebrows when he addressed rumours about him being in contention for the Liverpool job.

“He spoke at his press conference ahead of the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final with the Reds, saying: “Of course I am happy with links to Liverpool job to replace Klopp but my focus is on the game.”

“For sure, Gasperini has done a fantastic job at Atalanta in recent times so I’m not too surprised that, after beating Liverpool in such a convincing way with that 3-0 win at Anfield last week, there is some media speculation about him possibly replacing Klopp, but there’s nothing more to it than that.

“I can say that there’s nothing at all between Gasperini and Liverpool from what I know.

As for other clubs, again there will always be links, but for now I see him staying at Atalanta.”

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Fabrizio Romano is right, the Gian Piero Gasperini to Liverpool links only emerged after Atalanta’s fantastic win against Liverpool last week.

He has done a great job at Atalanta over the last eight years despite having limited resources more often than not.

Gasperini’s Atalanta are now through to the semi-finals of the Europa League as well, and after what they did at Anfield, you can’t really rule out the possibility of them winning it.

If that happens, Gasperini’s stock will go through the roof, but Italian football expert James Horncastle believes the Atalanta boss should already be regarded very highly.

He went as far as calling Gasperini ‘the most influential Italian coach in the last 15 years’.

Horncastle said on TNT Sports last week: “There is a big vacancy here [at Liverpool] in the summer and Gasperini doesn’t get talked about.