Jurgen Klopp Liverpool talks ongoing 

Last Updated: 06/10/15 7:28am

 
 

Jurgen Klopp is moving closer to being appointed Liverpool manager

Liverpool's talks with Jurgen Klopp over the vacant manager's position at Anfield are progressing well, according to Sky sources.

It has emerged Klopp is the club's preferred candidate to replace Brendan Rodgers, ahead of former Real Madrid and Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, and the Reds hope to have him in place by the weekend.

If he does take over at Anfield he is expected to bring his former Dortmund assistant, Bosnian Zeljko Buvac, with him. Buvac is known as 'The Brain' due to his tactical knowledge and Klopp has described him as a "master of every form of training". 

The pair have known each other since 1992 when they were team-mates at Mainz. After their playing career, Klopp appointed Buvac as his assistant when he took over at Mainz in 2001.

Klopp could also bring another of his former Dortmund coaches with him. Peter Krawietz, who never played professional football, specialises as a video analyst.

Zeljko Buvac (right) is expected to come with Klopp to Liverpool if the appointment is made

While this week's international break affords Liverpool more time in which to appoint a successor to Rodgers, who was dismissed after Sunday's 1-1 draw at Everton, the club are keen to move quickly.

Klopp, 48, is currently out of work and enjoying a sabbatical following his decision to leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of last season, but he has previously divulged a desire to manage in England and put no timescale on his time away from the game.

The case for Klopp

Nick Wright outlines the reasons why Jurgen Klopp is the right man for Liverpool.

In his time at Dortmund, having joined in May 2008, Klopp ended their nine-year wait for a Bundesliga title, winning the German top division in 2011 and in 2012, when they won a league and cup double.

He also took the club to their second Champions League final in 2013, where they were beaten 2-1 by German rivals Bayern Munich, but Klopp struggled in his final season in charge and the team ended up finishing seventh.

source:skysports.com