Replacing Klopp Won’t Faze Mourinho – Dietmar Hamann

Jose Mourinho will not be fazed if he is asked to take over from Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, Dietmar Hamann has said. He recently revealed that Jose might end up being the perfect choice for Liverpool, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, there will be a few managers who will turn the down the job for fear of it swallowing them, but he trusts Mourinho to welcome the idea with open hands.

Hannan added that Jose is definitely big enough not to shy away from taking over from a big name like Klopp.

His words, “That’s a valid point. I love Mourinho. He won’t be fazed by following Klopp. There might be managers who turn the job down that say ‘this is my dream job but to follow Klopp is just impossible’. We have seen what happened at Manchester United with Fergie, when he left. The more I think about it, the more I can see it happening for one or two seasons. Clubs make these five and eight-year plans and the manager is gone after six months, so it’s a day-to-day business and you don’t know what’s going to happen in three years. If you bring him in and say ‘blood the youngsters in, if you finish sixth next season that’s all good because in one or two years we have got a really good team with a lot of home-grown players’, then it’s fine. But it doesn’t make sense to bring someone in for the next five years, sign players for 100-odd million and then finish fifth or sixth – that’s unacceptable.

You need someone who is big enough not to be fazed by the fact of following Klopp – someone who is successful and loved by the people, not only in the football club but also in the city. From that point of view, the more I think it might not be the worst choice. But you have to tell him that the youngsters have to play some part. I’m sure if they are good enough, then he will look at them and give them playing time.

I love watching teams who are not as well equipped as the other team, and beat them. You have got to be functional, streetwise, you’ve got to have great management. That’s what his teams do. Is it the best to watch? Fans will say no. I don’t care. I love watching kick and rush if it’s successful. Any success, I love watching it. Being a defensive-minded player, all the tiki-taka playing around the box, I think it’s too much. Pass it when you can, kick it when you have to, that’s what his teams do. Whether the fans are happy with the football he is playing or wants to play, I don’t know. But for me in football there is only successful or unsuccessful and he’s known as a winner. I think he’s probably chomping at the chance if he got it.”

WOW.