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I think Klopp would also attract much better players to the club.

Regardless of the manager, I think that the contract offer is of far more interest to today's players. I struggle to believe that a player would choose 1 particular manager over another unless more money was on the table.

Regardless of the manager, I think that the contract offer is of far more interest to today's players. I struggle to believe that a player would choose 1 particular manager over another unless more money was on the table.

Is it as straight forward as that though? You need to consider the circumstances under which they were successful, where they were successful, how recent their successes have been, what players they inherited, how they achieved their success and the level of competition at the time.

There are a lot of managers that have been successful but only for a short period of time, or in just one club/league. There have been many managers come to England with a CV full of titles and failed miserably.

If we simply go by the theory that a good manager is one that wins leagues/trophies then the likes of di matteo, magath, martinez, scolari, macleish, laudrup, maclaren, ramos, redknapp, villas-boas, etc should all be at the top of our shopping list for when our so-called fans finally push Rodgers out of the door.

We don't have the balls to go for big managers.... so don't hold your breath

It's a fair assumption in some respects when you think of the recruitment of players. We seemingly don't go for the very best players or can't attract them so why would we for a manager?

I know it was a different time and different owners but Rafa was widely regarded as one of the best coaches in Europe when we got him from Valencia, having led them to 2 La Liga titles ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona if I remember rightly.

The only time we have gone for a 'big' manager was when we got Mr Benitez. Historically, we have always gone for the unproven or unknown managers. Considering we are the most successful club in English history, it is hard to argue with our approach.