Danny Murphy believes that one present Premier League supervisor can be the ‘excellent’ alternative to switch Jurgen Klopp when the Liverpool boss ultimately leaves Anfield.
The 56-year-old has discovered himself linked with the Germany males’s nationwide group emptiness following the weekend sacking of Hansi Flick, though his agent Marc Kosicke has insisted that the tactician received’t be altering jobs any time quickly.
The hypothesis has nonetheless posed the query as to who’d ultimately take over the reins on Merseyside as soon as Klopp departs, and a former Reds midfielder has made the case for Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi.
Talking on talkSPORT Breakfast, Murphy stated: “I feel De Zerbi is ideal. He’ll be prepared then. I’ve been fascinated about it for most likely the final 60 seconds and that’s what I’ve give you!
“He performs nice soccer, he seems a powerful character, he’s studying his commerce on this league with Brighton and doing it fantastically properly. If Jurgen, which he isn’t, for some weird purpose was to determine that was a very good choice for him, then I don’t see a greater candidate.
“Issues change in soccer actually shortly, so the flavour of the month may be any individual else this time subsequent yr, however I feel he’s the actual deal. There’s one thing about him.
“After assembly him as properly, he’s obtained actual gravitas and an actual presence about him and I like the way in which his group play. He appears to have the ability to adapt.
“We’ll see, however I can’t see Klopp going for fairly a while but. He’s simply obtained this new inflow of gamers that he appears actually eager on and creating.”
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Few managers have had a hex over Klopp fairly like De Zerbi, whose file towards the Liverpool boss is near-perfect. The 44-year-old has come up towards the Reds 3 times earlier than, with two wins and a draw for Brighton in these video games on an mixture scoreline of 8-4 (Transfermarkt).
The Italian’s stranglehold on us isn’t any outlier, both, with the Seagulls qualifying for Europe for the primary time in historical past on his watch.
It’s an achievement made all of the extra spectacular by him taking the job mid-season because the south coast membership urgently sought a substitute for Graham Potter, who defected to Chelsea this time final yr for an ill-fated stint in west London and is at the moment out of labor.
De Zerbi’s group have additionally made a formidable begin to the present marketing campaign, successful three of their first 4 matches, so the early indicators are that their 2022/23 feats received’t be an aberration and that they might make European qualification an everyday prevalence.
Hopefully we received’t have to hunt out Klopp’s successor any time quickly, with the German contracted to Liverpool till 2026. Nevertheless, if the Brighton boss remains to be working wonders then, he definitely should be deemed a chief candidate to comply with Alexis Mac Allister in swapping the Amex Stadium for Anfield.
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