Harry Redknapp urges Jurgen Klopp to reject Liverpool for Sunderland job

Harry Redknapp has urged Jurgen Klopp to test himself by taking the Sunderland job

HARRY REDKNAPP has challenged Jurgen Klopp to take the vacant manager's job at Sunderland instead of joining Liverpool.

The German is widely expected to take over from Brendan Rodgers at Anfield but there is another vacant position in the Premier League after Dick Advocaat left the Stadium of Light.

And Redknapp has laid down the gauntlet.

He appears to suggest that taking over the Merseyside club would not be much of a test and instead insists he would like to see him get the struggling Black Cats out of trouble.

"Jurgen Klopp I don't know," he said. "He did well and had a nightmare last year, nearly finished bottom of the league because he lost a couple of good players."

Redknapp continued by questioning the quality of Liverpool's squad and conceded the top six and the bottom six are set in stone anyway.

 

Klopp is expected to take the Liverpool job after speaking to a German journalist

He went on to suggest the German will probably be a success at Anfield but has a slightly different challenge in mind for the former Borussia Dortmund chief.

"Klopp will go in there and probably finish fourth, they might finish fifth," he added.

"Put him in at Sunderland now and see if he can do the job there. It would be a different story."

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Klopp could take Liverpool to top 4. But I'd like to see how good he would be at Sunderland! #SAFC #LFC http://t.co/0vMDQofGpa

— Harry Redknapp (@Redknapp) October 6, 2015