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© Provided by 90min Gerrard is the manager many want to replace Klopp at Liverpool | WILLIAM WEST/Getty ImagesIt's a funny old situation Liverpool find themselves in.
Over the past five years, they've risen from mediocrity to the pinnacle of English, European and world football. But before any of us had a chance to properly process it, they've brought us crashing back to earth with a bang.
Thursday's defeat to Chelsea was the latest nail in the coffin of a season that is fast becoming a write-off. And while the level heads among us will still take a lot of convincing before we're #KloppOut, it is no longer unreasonable to be thinking - just thinking - about a change.
Their dreadful form since December is no minor blip. It's cause for genuine alarm. They've lost eight of their last 16 matches, and for the first time in Liverpool history, they've lost each of their last five at Anfield.
Whichever way you slice it, Klopp's position is not as secure as it was towards the end of 2020. If the downward trend continues like this between now and the summer, the board will be considering their managerial options.
Well, option. Because in the minds of many, there is only one contender.
While Liverpool stumble through one of the worst title defences of the Premier League era, a couple of hundred miles north, there is a Scouser making history for the right reasons. At the time of writing, Steven Gerrard's Rangers are four points away from officially ending Celtic's Ten in a Row ambitions, and winning the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2011.
His tenure in Glasgow has been underpinned with a knowledge and understanding that, if things go as planned, he will eventually return to Anfield. Rangers know it and Liverpool know it: it's no coincidence that Gerrard signed a new contract until 2024...on the same day Klopp signed a new contract until 2024.
If that's the eventual plan, though, it taken on some urgency over the past few months. With Liverpool's form breeding speculation over Klopp's immediate future, talk has already begun over whether Gerrard is ready to replace him in the summer.
But is it too soon for the glorious Anfield return everyone is waiting for?
Obvious connections aside, there is plenty about Gerrard the manager that suggests he is a good fit for the Liverpool hotseat. He has handled the pressure at Rangers admirably, enduring a rough patch that had him on the verge of the sack early last year to build something genuinely special.
It hasn't been an overnight success story: it has been a successful long-term project that mirrors what Klopp has undertaken since arriving on Merseyside in 2015.
He has made mistakes, but has never been too stubborn to learn from them, and if Liverpool were to show him the same patience that Rangers have - they would, let's face it, he's a club legend - there is every reason to think he would get it right.
Looking at things objectively, though, there is no hiding from the reality that the only reason Steven Gerrard is being considered...is because he's Steven Gerrard.
One league title at Ibrox, as impressive an accomplishment as that has been under the circumstances, would not be enough for anyone else to figure in.
Retaining the title is the hard bit, as Liverpool are learning this season, so they would want to see sustained success. With that in mind, is it really fair on Gerrard to judge him on his name and not his merit?
It runs the risk of falling into the Lampard trap, and while that may be a gamble Liverpool are willing to take, it is worth remembering that FSG have so far swerved emotional, knee-jerk decision-making at all costs, and have four major trophies in the cabinet to show for it.
All going to plan, Gerrard is going to be Liverpool manager eventually. But that inevitability doesn't mean it should be rushed through.
If anything, it provides a security to wait until the time is absolutely right. And that may not be any time soon, even if the Klopp era does end prematurely.
I’m not saying he would have had a hero’s welcome but there would presumably have been a huge amount of goodwill. He saved LFC from Hicks + Gillett. Now he’ll barely be able to show his face in the city and will be remembered for his greed. What a legacy
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@anniehlfc I’m not sure. He didn’t with Hicks and Gillett. Although that doesn’t mean Henderson would have either.
@OnlySimonLucas All of those were u-turned too, and rightly so. But having an owner who makes (sometimes major but never irreversible) mistakes on occasion is far better than having one that took us to the brink of bankruptcy - a genuine risk at the end of Hicks and Gillett.
The club was still chaired locally by John Moores but in 2007 he sold it to the US Hicks and Gillett, who were only interested in profit (asset-stripping) . #LFC nearly went under during their ownerships . in 2010 it was purchased by Henry of Fenway Sports
@dcallydesign The FSGOUT brigade is out in force tonight. Apparently none of them have made a mistake in their lives and asked for forgiveness. I think they forget how bad it was under Hicks & Gillett
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@moustache_and @GrizzKhan Go where? Go how? Liverpool fans, we / us, screwed ourselves when we sold out to Hicks & Gillett - and got a couple of sweeteners for the pleasure too.
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@ChrisvLFC Problem is. It’s well and good blaming fsg if our next owners are bad because they should have sold us to good people, but ultimately we’re stuck with the shit option then. I don’t want a hicks and gillett
Today’s starting line up against Pro direct Luton Timmy MungallCharlie ClarksonFin BakerTaylor BedwellSam Gillett Seb Pita Freddie KennedyKieran DayConnor BarrettCasey Highmoor Josh Grant
@zanetalkssports No one is forgiving them. Just need to see what steps they will take next. I don’t care if they stay or go, I just pray the next owner will not be worse than them. The Gillett and Hicks era was so bad.
@Adamtrt12 @bateson87 FSG are solely responsible for bringing Klopp to the club, and taking the club out of hands of the Royal Bank of Scotland after Hicks and Gillett drove it into the to mention paying the high wage bill, UCL and PL title. Get a grip.
I’m not saying he would have had a hero’s welcome but there would presumably have been a huge amount of goodwill. He saved LFC from Hicks + Gillett. Now he’ll barely be able to show his face in the city and will be remembered for his greed. What a legacy
@DC50Lauren I think if they did go, it’ll just be a different owner with the intentions to run it as a business and maybe take out millions like the glazers. We’re still in better hands than the likes of hicks and gillett but they HAVE to listen and gauge the reactions before acting
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@a_dormor @LFC If FSG were to end up selling off the back of the hatred from the fanbase and we returned to something akin to the Hodgson/Hicks/Gillett era, we’d be confirmed as having the worst fans in the country.
@moleman75 @SkySportsPL Plus all these FSG out people - be careful what you wish for. If they were to leave, the club is not easy to afford now, and you could easily get another Hicks and Gillett!
@1986_legend @Obzyer Indeed. Obviously they’ve had on-field success and built a new stand but their PR own goals are rivalling Hicks & Gillett at the moment, which says something. A clear deterrent might make them stop with this hellbent pursuit of an NFL-style league
@lwilsonjones12 @John_W_Henry U turned on that though and it’s only cause Moshiri bought the liver buildings. I know what you mean lad I do but I’m willing to give him another chance. Considering all the good they’ve done, getting us out of the debt from Hicks and Gillett and all that I’m willing to forgive
@1986_legend @Obzyer The club is also valued at a couple of billion. They’ve built up a tidy little portfolio for themselves so won’t be walking away from it. Moreover, it took years for Hicks & Gillett to finally be seen off while LFC was carrying mountains of debt
@LFCSCN Tror at supporterne skal roe seg kraftig ned. Vi har hatt fantastiske eiere i John W. Henry mfl i flere år nå. De har fått Liverpool tilbake på kartet. Mulig at dere ønsker Hicks og Gillett igjen? 🤮Vi har eiere som vil d beste for Liverpool, og alle kan gjøre feil.#YNWA
@AnfieldAn But harsh that mate. What exactly can be done to force them to fuck off? Can’t even meet in great numbers at the moment. This isn’t Hicks and Gillett. Our club is currently a ridiculously valuable asset.
Basically, FSG were just a smarter, slicker, more PR savvy version of Hicks/Gillett. #lfc
@MelissaReddy_ I was about to say FSG OUT but then I remembered the Hicks & Gillett FSG fucked up. A few times actually. But they always acknowledge it n correct their mistakes. But this time a Mbappe signing is the only way I can forgive them 🤣😜
We will not forget. Forgive, probably, but not forget. #FSG , John W Henry you are a mistake away from being exiled like Hicks and Gillett.
@Arsenewenger991 @AnfieldWatch I don’t think “being slightly better than Hicks & Gillett” is necessarily all we want from an owner tbh.
@AnnWalk21456111 Exactly Ann. I just hope if he does sell, it’s not to another Gillett and Hicks type of owners.
@HappyGoat72 Exactly. What FSG did was wrong but I just don’t want LFC to fall in the hands of another Gillett and Hicks. Those were bad times.
Hicks and Gillett nearly killed this club and those scars bore deep. Fans didn’t want Hodgson, FSG got him out, fans wanted Kenny to stabilise, FSG got him in, fans turned on Rodgers and wanted Klopp who was available….what did FSG do ? Wanted VVD what did they do ? #lfc
@MelissaReddy_ Many calling for FSG to go-but then what?Another Hicks & Gillett? FSG not perfect, this latest being a huge fuck up, but them going isn’t going to solve things-prob quite the opposite. Fans have come together on this issue & we need to push for change-maybe German style ownership
@trtspor Tom Hicks ve George Gillett, Glazer ailesi, Abu Dhabi United Group ENIC International Ltd.
@PhilippeAuclair What an elitist, condescending opinion. All fans I know are furious and want the owners out. They embarrassed us over furlough. Hicks and Gillett thought they could get away with it, where are they now??
Subtle nod to George Gillett, Liverpool’s previous fallen owner, in his choice of clothing here - suggesting he ‘gets it’ and is truly sorry
@RebekahRadice C: Courtesy. Good, old fashioned, courtesy. It never killed anyone, but is a dying art.