The Liverpool manager odds make for intriguing reading, with a range of options considered to succeed Jurgen Klopp
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Next Liverpool manager odds are suddenly very interesting, now that Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will be leaving Merseyside at the end of the season.
It's sent a seismic shock emanating out from Anfield that will have managers around the world standing up on their hind legs to sniff the air and stare at the horizon. The German will leave behind big shoes to fill in practically every regard, and even a club in as healthy a position as the Reds right now can struggle to find the right candidate to follow on from a manager of such stature.
With odds provided by BetVictor, here are the early favourites to have a go at doing exactly that – including a few faces already very familiar to Liverpool fans.
Next Liverpool manager odds: Xabi Alonso (3/4)
Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso played for the Reds (Image credit: DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
The popular former Liverpool midfielder has already started to make a real name for himself as a head coach since stepping up from Real Sociedad B to take the reins at Bayer Leverkusen.
Alonso boasts an impressive record in Germany: his 64 games in charge have produced 41 wins, 13 draws and just 10 losses. They remain unbeaten in the Bundesliga this season, launching them four points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the table, and has been touted as a potentially epoch-making manager in the making. It all seems to make sense, doesn’t it?
Ruben Amorim (5/2)
Ruben Amorim has impressed at Sporting (Image credit: PA)
Sporting boss Ruben Amorim has shot into contention to manage the Reds, after an incredibly impressive stint at the Lisbon giants. He's turned this club into real competitors once more, bringing home a first title in two decades and developing a lot of young stars.
And if Liverpool really are interested in the likes of Ousmane Diomande and Goncalo Inacio, why not bring the man who they've thrived under, too? Portuguese managers have adapted well in England – Amorim could be next.
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Roberto De Zerbi (8/1)
Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi is beloved by neutrals (Image credit: Getty Images)
A prospect that should tickle the fancy of plenty of Liverpool fans after seeing how the Italian has not just kept things going at Brighton, but led them to new heights they never dreamed they could reach.
De Zerbi also has his side playing a brand of very attractive, attack-minded football – often seen as an absolute must if you’re going to take on the big chair in the Anfield dugout.
Ange Postecoglou (10/1)
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou is reportedly a Liverpool fan (Image credit: Getty Images)
Another upwardly mobile manager, Postecoglou won trophies everywhere he went in various football outposts around the world (Australia, Japan, Scotland) before landing the Tottenham Hotspur job in the summer.
Spurs have enjoyed something of a rejuvenation already in the Aussie’s time in charge, and again, he earns notable style points… but there are question marks about his side’s defensive record, with their softness at the back keeping them outside the top four at this stage of the season.
Pep Lijnders (10/1)
Pep Lijnders is perhaps the smoothest successor to Klopp (Image credit: Getty Images)
Might an internal appointment be on the cards? Lijnders is Klopp’s long-standing assistant at Anfield – bar a brief departure to join Dutch second tier side NEC in 2018 before returning five months later after being sacked.
That spell in his native Netherlands remains Lijnders’ only spell standing on his own two feet as a manager, though, so it would be something of a gamble for Liverpool to take to hand the keys over to him.
Zinedine Zidane (12/1)
Zizou at Anfield, anyone? (Image credit: Getty Images)
Surely not…
Zinedine Zidane has managed Real Madrid twice – that's the extent of his coaching experience at senior level but three Champions League titles on the trot in his former spell certainly suggests that he knows how to win elite competitions. He's holding out for the right job – are there any more enticing opportunities in football than managing Liverpool?
Steven Chicken has been working as a football writer since 2009, taking in stints with Football365 and the Huddersfield Examiner. Steven still covers Huddersfield Town home and away for his own publication, WeAreTerriers.com. Steven is a two-time nominee for Regional Journalist of the Year at the prestigious British Sports Journalism Awards, making the shortlist in 2020 and 2023.
