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So Jurgen Klopp will leave the Premier League with a place alongside Manuel Pellegrini, Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Mancini and Antonio Conte.

But Klopp, one of the division’s defining managers, will forever remain a one-time winner.

And if that 2020 triumph was historic, as Liverpool’s first for three decades, if his reign has come in the context of a wonderful rivalry with Pep Guardiola, it feels an inadequate reflection of a colossal contribution.

Klopp will not sign off with a second Premier League; that was likely before Liverpool crossed Stanley Park, almost certain after Everton’s demolition job.

“I can’t say now we are fully in [the title race],” he said.

He may instead bow out with the bittersweet distinction as the Premier League’s greatest runner-up, the man who came second with 97 and 92 points.

Now he has helped to fashion that rarity, a three-team title race.

There was always an element of the improbable with Klopp; at least his final medal did not come in mundane fashion.

Klopp will depart with just the Carabao Cup this season (Getty Images)

But Liverpool 2.0 may forever remain an unfinished project; this season had brought a sense of renewal, as though it was a springboard to potentially being Klopp’s second great team in 2025 or 2026.

Of all the great Liverpool managers, Klopp is the most innately attacking.

They have been for the vast majority of this season and the vast majority of his reign.

But it has only brought him one league title and, without Klopp, the question is of when Liverpool will win their next and if it will be under Slot.


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