Jurgen Klopp has been a fantastic asset for English football - but he has only won as many titles as Claudio Ranieri.

And when the all-time great managers from the Premier League era are arranged in some sort of pecking order, Klopp will probably be in the bracket just behind Pep Guardiola, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.

You could argue it has been his misfortune to compete with Guardiola and Manchester City every year because Liverpool have twice missed out on the trophy by a single point despite a phenomenal campaign.

In the 2018-19 season, somehow 97 points was not enough for Klopp to breast the tape, and three years later they fell agonisingly short on 92 points.

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Well, he has won more Bundesliga titles (two) with Borussia Dortmund than Premier League crowns at Liverpool?

Maybe - but Mikel Arteta might find himself in the same boat at Arsenal because he is up against a winning machine.

Instead of counting cups and titles, I believe Klopp will go down as the man who made Liverpool great again - arguably the club’s most influential manager since Bill Shankly because he made the people happy.

He will always have the mind-bending glory of of that 2019 Champions League semi-final comeback against Barcelona, the 18-match winning streak in 2019-20 en route to the title and the sheer excitement of his ‘heavy metal’ football.

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Jurgen Klopp celebrates winning the Premier League in 2020.

If the boardroom hierarchy knew of Klopp’s wish to leave, the news would have leaked out somewhere.

And a month later, despite a squad decimated by injuries, Liverpool went on to win the League Cup final against Chelsea!

But Klopp’s successor will inherit a good structure with lots of young players who have come through the academy - Michael Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Jayden Danns and Bobby Clark among them - and he has done a remarkable job.

Over the course of almost nine seasons, he has restored Liverpool among the giants of European football.

But there is a reason he has only won the title once at Anfield: It’s because over a 38-game season, the Premier League is harder to win than the Champions League over 13 games.

That’s why only seven clubs - Manchester United, Blackburn, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester and Liverpool - have won it in 32 years.
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