It appears that being 6 points off the top of the Premier League and still involved in all competitions is not enough these days to prevent the dreaded axe from falling as Brendan Rodgers has discovered to his cost.
While some might say that he should have been given more time the fact is that he has gone and Liverpool need to find a replacement as quickly as possible.
I agree with the vast majority in that the two most obvious and outstanding candidates are Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti. Almost as importantly as their obvious experience and skill sets is the fact that both are currently available and seemingly looking for a new challenge.
If indeed these are the two main men, I would think that Klopp is the better fit for Liverpool at this time.
Nobody can fault Ancelotti's track record over the years and with a coaching resume that includes Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris St Germain and Real Madrid there can be little doubt that he would be a success at Liverpool. However, I'm not sure that Liverpool need a safe pair of hands at this time.
As Brendan Rodgers stated in his last interview, there is a considerable job to do in rebuilding the team and the club in general. To this end I think that a younger and potentially hungrier manager in Jurgen Klopp would be the best fit for Liverpool in their current predicament. Klopp may have significantly less experience than Ancelotti but given what he achieved with Borussia Dortmund I think he has all the attributes that Liverpool need right now.
His appointment would certainly excite the Liverpool fans who had become so disillusioned with Rodgers and in this day and age their part in the whole process cannot be over-estimated. He would also bring a burning desire to succeed and to take the club from their true position of 'top six' to right back in the mix for winning the title and where finishing top four is a given every season.
The other big advantage that Klopp has over Ancelotti is that whereas Ancelotti has generally managed at Clubs who were already very successful with a squad full of top players, Klopp took over at Borussia Dortmund when they were in a similar position to that which Liverpool find themselves in now.
Borussia Dortmund enjoyed great success in the 90s and early 2000s before it all began to slip away. A number of fallow years followed before the appointment of Klopp in 2008. With Klopp at the helm the club began to make it's way back to football's top table and this is precisely what Liverpool will be hoping for should his appointment be confirmed in the next few days or weeks.
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