Mark Lawrenson: Huge task awaits Reds in replacing Jurgen Klopp

Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson is convinced Jurgen Klopp will give the club plenty of notice should he step away from the Anfield hotseat but admits he doesn't know who could fill the German's boots.

The TV pundit told freesupertips.co.uk he has every faith in the club's owners to make the right decision when the time eventually comes but is full of praise for the way the former Dortmund manager has built on the culture of the club.

Lawrenson said: "I don't think there's anybody quite like Jurgen Klopp, he's completely different.

"I go to Melwood quite a lot so I get the opportunity to speak to him and there's this aura about him and he understood Liverpool straight away.

"One of the reasons he signed is because he got the Bill Shankly thing, it's always present and he's taken to that culture from the off.

"I don't necessarily think he will see his contract out. I just think he'll wake up one day and say 'it's time for me to go'.

"People say he's going to move on and manage Germany but he doesn't want that, he loves the day-to-day contact with players.

"It's a difficult one, but who knows what will happen after him?

"If he does step away, he'll give the club enough notice because the club have been fantastic with him and he's been fantastic with them."

The former central defender, who won five league titles, one European Cup, three League Cups and an FA Cup in a seven-year spell at Anfield, believes the club have also done some great business in recruiting Luis Diaz from Porto.

He said: "I've seen him play twice against Liverpool in the Champions League, and he was a real handful especially in the game at Anfield.

"Porto were really unlucky not to score in the first 30 minutes and he was prevalent in all the moves that they had.

"I think he can play across the three forward positions, which is a bonus, but the thing now is there's competitions for places."

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