Liverpool legend: Jurgen Klopp has been on the radar ever since he left Borussia Dortmund

Jurgen Klopp has been on everyone's mind on Merseyside, according to Ronnie Whelan

LIVERPOOL legend Ronnie Whelan claims Jurgen Klopp has been on Liverpool's radar ever since he left Borussia Dortmund at the end of last season.

 

Klopp has been strongly linked with the manager's job at Anfield as current boss Brendan Rodgers has come under pressure.

 

Bookmakers appear to agree and are backing Rodgers for the sack, while the boss himself insists there is a conspiracy to oust him from Merseyside.

And former Reds midfielder Whelan thinks the German was being considered long before the pressure started to mount on Rodgers.

 

"I understand all the reasons people are advancing to make a change and find a new manager and it may well be the case that FSG are making plans," he wrote in his column for The Herald.

"There was a lot of steam behind the Carlo Ancelotti rumour and Jurgen Klopp has been on everyone's mind around Merseyside since he left Borussia Dortmund.

 

Brendan Rodgers has accused the press and former players of trying to force him out of Liverpool

"Managers have agents too and there many people who will stir the pot in a situation like this. 

"That's what happens when you're the manager of Liverpool football club."