Jurgen Klopp would face Liverpool return problem as icon 'not quite finished'

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Jurgen Klopp has indicated he may return to management in the future, but he would struggle to reunite his former Liverpool coaching staff, with Pep Lijnders now at Manchester CityJurgen Klopp could make a return to management(Image: Getty Images)Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has not yet returned to the dugout since departing Anfield, but he has suggested he has another managerial role left in him.However, he may find it difficult to reunite the old team, with several members of his Reds coaching staff having secured new positions elsewhere after leaving Liverpool. Klopp departed Liverpool at the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign, announcing his exit several months prior to the season's end.He took time away before stepping into his current position as global head of soccer at Red Bull, but speculation about a return to management has persisted.

Instead, he accepted the manager's position at Red Bull Salzburg ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.However, things didn't work out for the Dutchman, and he was dismissed in December of that year. He has since joined Pep Guardiola's backroom staff at Manchester City, with whom he secured the Carabao Cup this month.Vitor Matos arrived at Liverpool as an elite development coach under Klopp in 2019 and later accompanied Lijnders to Salzburg.

Krawietz has previously worked with Klopp at Mainz and Borussia Dortmund, as well as Liverpool, and currently holds the position of head of soccer philosophy at Red Bull.He briefly resumed an assistant manager role last season, working under temporary boss Zsolt Low at RB Leipzig. However, he did not continue in the role once Ole Werner was appointed as the permanent manager.This suggests that, wherever Klopp may find himself as a coach, he might need to assemble a completely new support staff team around him.