It has only been a matter of months since Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool, but he is already being tipped to make a return to the dugout.
Everyone saw the incredible job the 57-year-old did during his time at Anfield, including ending Liverpool’s 30-year wait to become champions of England and winning the Champions League.
But there are now some who are desperate for Jurgen Klopp to become England’s next manager after another failed tournament from the Three Lions.
Days after England lost to Spain in the final of Euro 2024, the call has been made and Gareth Southgate has decided to resign from his England post.
It has now opened the door for a new man to come in, with ex-Liverpool boss Klopp now out-of-work, although, he did make it clear that he wants a long-term break from the game, one of the names discussed.
If the Football Association decided to knock on the German’s door, you wonder what type of reaction they would get and if they would be willing to wait for his services given that he is on a break.
England fans have been waiting 58 years to win a major trophy and Klopp specialises in such things because he understands and knows how to get over such lines, as he did with Liverpool.
But whilst Gary Neville acknowledges that Klopp, alongside Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, have been ‘the most sensational managers we have had in the Premier League’, he questioned this possible appointment from happening.
Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is a man also discussed for the England job, with the Englishman doing wonders since he took charge at St James’ Park in 2021.
Neville explained that it would be ‘wrong’ for England to appoint an international manager like Klopp because St George’s Park was built to bring through one of your own, as he told Sky Sports.
Jurgen Klopp to be England’s next manager?
“I do believe the FA will think properly about that (appointing an English coach) and the fact that to appoint an international would be wrong,” said Neville.
“You can’t dismiss Jurgen Klopp or Pep Guardiola. The most sensational managers we have had in the Premier League in the last ten to 12 years.
“But there is just something inside me when we went through that Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello era, who were top managers coming into the England national team. If we don’t develop our own players, in our own league and we don’t develop our own coaches. We don’t develop our own coaches at the international level. English coaching still has a long way to go. A long way to go to catch up with the other nations in the world. We have to work hard in developing English coaches. That means putting them in the toughest of environments and the biggest of matches. I do believe we should stay with an English coach.”
Attacking coach required
Whatever road the FA decide to go down, the names on the list, whether they are all English, or a mix, they have to be attacking coaches.
The powers that be need to realise that England have some of the best crop of attacking talent in many, many years.
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Just look at the players who didn’t play this summer. James Maddison was axed from England’s Euro 2024 squad, Jack Grealish stayed at home despite winning another Premier League title with Manchester City and Marcus Rashford was also left out of Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad.
That’s not even including players like Ollie Watkins, Jarrod Bowen, Anthony Gordon and Ivan Toney, to name a few, who were selected but didn’t start a single game.
An attacking coach is a must and nothing else!
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