Steven Gerrard is the man that the Liverpool owners see as the perfect replacement for Jurgen Klopp.
Reports coming from Germany say that their football federation are growing more confident that Klopp will say yes to succeeding current national manager Joachim Low.
The under-fire 61 year-old has a contract until the end of next years World Cup in Qatar but there is a strong belief that he will not get to that point if Germany struggle in the European Championships this summer.
Low has been in charge of Germany since 2006 and in that time has won the World Cup in 2014 and runners-up in the 2008 European Championships.
The defence to their World Cup triumph at Russia 2018 was shambolic to say the least ast they finished bottom of their group and the first time in 80 years that the powerhouse had been eliminated in the group stage.
Since that time, the spotlight has been well and truly in Low and results have been inconsistent,to say the least with their last game in the Nations League being a 6-0 humbling at the hands of Spain.
Klopp’s current contract with the Reds ends in 2024 and in the midst of the tough current run the team is on, there has been speculation that he may look to move on before then.
The man himself has categorically denied any thoughts of leaving, but if Klopp is lured to the national job before time, The Mirror reports it appears Gerrard is the man that John Henry and Tom Werner have identified as the successor.
This is certainly not the first time that the former talismanic captain has been linked to the post,and while at first it may have been purely on his playing deeds, Gerrard has certainly grown into his managerial craft north of the border after previously doing some very impressive work at the Liverpool academy.
The Champions League winning captain is on the cusp of guiding Rangers to their first league title since the 2010/11 season, ending the stranglehold that Celtic had on the league.
Gerrard has also done fine work in the Europa League as Rangers have advanced to the R16 stage for the second season in a row.
The argument against appointing Gerrard is somewhat valid when you consider the gulf in standard between the Scottish and Premier League and taking on a job as big as Liverpool at such a young age that could set him back immeasurably if it does not go well.
We saw what happened at Chelsea when Frank Lampard took on the role which in hindsight was a bit too early in his managerial career.
Gerrard has not hidden his ambitions of taking over the managerial hot-seat at his boyhood club, but to this point in time he is going about things in a very considered fashion.
Whether he decides to build a culture of success at Rangers much like Brendan Rodgers did at Celtic before coming back to England will be interesting to note.
In a perfect world Liverpool will hold on to Jurgen until the end of his current contract but as we know all too well, things do not often go to strictly to plan.
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