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Any manager replacing Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool will need more than an in-depth understanding of the tactical side of the game. 

Most clubs like to think of themselves more as a ‘family’ than a sporting institution.

The Liverpool manager is not only a coach but also the face and the symbol of a world-wide supporter-base. 



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Is that a role Julian Nagelsmann can fill?

While Klopp enjoyed largely harmonious relations with the Liverpool bosses, the same cannot really be said of a man who was not afraid of publicly criticising his players while enduring a pretty tense relationship with some of those in the Bayern Munich boardroom.

“The zeitgeist on him is that he’s quite a difficult character to manage,” Jordan argues (29 March, 10am), Nagelsmann sacked by the German giants 12 months ago despite boasting a highly-impressive 71 per cent win rate.

Liverpool is a club where the manager unites the playing squad and unites the players with the fans.

He’s had eight years in charge of top-flight clubs, and did remarkable work at Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig before guiding his boyhood club Bayern to the Bundesliga title in 2022.

HITC Football understands that Liverpool will have to cast their net a little wider in pursuit of Klopp’s replacement.