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Perhaps inevitably, there have been some early comparisons with Erik ten Hag — mostly by those struggling to look past the lack of hair — but Liverpool is clearly confident that he can be the man to continue this era of success.

There are one or two parallels to when Manchester United tried to replace Sir Alex Ferguson, with Ten Hag just the latest in a long line of appointments that have not really worked.

But Klopp has left Liverpool in far better shape for long-term success, and if the next manager is to be Slot, he has a lot of excellent tools at his disposal.

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Certainly, he has more than Klopp had when he first joined the club.

Taking over from Brendan Rodgers, the former Borussia Dortmund manager had to build a domestic and European contender almost from scratch.

It was during that Rodgers era that Liverpool was rejected by Kieran McKenna.

Now known to the footballing world as the man who masterminded back-to-back promotions for Ipswich Town, he was then an academy coach at Tottenham, the club where he spent the majority of his youth playing career before injury prompted early retirement.

Per the Belfast Telegraph, Liverpool approached McKenna to take up a similar role at its academy in 2014, after Alex Inglethorpe's promotion to academy director.

His stock is now higher than ever before, having gone from League One to the Premier League in no time at all, where he looks likely to face Slot's Liverpool next season.

Liverpool.com says: The only question is whether McKenna will be Ipswich's manager when he takes on Slot and Liverpool.

You'd imagine plenty of other Premier League teams looking to change managers would have him on the shortlist.

Even Manchester United might be looking at its old coach in a new light.
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