When Liverpool were last in the market for a new manager back in 2015, they were 10th in the Premier League table.

They hadn’t won the title for 25 years, they had competed in the Champions League just once since 2009 - having last been crowned champions of Europe in 2005 - and had won just one domestic cup since 2006.

Yet that underwhelming modern record did not hinder them when it came to choosing a successor to the sacked Brendan Rodgers.

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Now, nearly a decade on as Klopp prepares to depart, Liverpool have never been in a stronger position at a time when attracting a new manager in the Premier League era.

Premier League champions in 2020, they have been genuine title-contenders four times in the past six years and only failed to qualify for the Champions League once since 2017.

They won the Champions League most recently in 2019, and have reached two other finals in the past six years, while they have also been crowned champions of the world for the first time.

By attending a match involving an elite club in need of a new manager, he made himself the subject of a plethora of headlines.

At one point, Liverpool fans would have bitten your hands off to have Mourinho in the Anfield dugout.

The 61-year-old has won three Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues after all, along with five other league titles in Portugal, Italy, and Spain, three other European trophies, and eight domestic cups.