Via Echo
Arne Slot has become the latest frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager this summer, following on from Xabi Alonso and Ruben Amorim.
Feyenoord manager Slot has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Klopp, after Liverpool cooled interest in Amorim
Slot is strongly fancied by the Anfield hierarchy given he fits all of the criteria that have been set out during the process of finding Klopp's replacement.
Didi Hamann is confident that his former club will choose the right man to replace Klopp
While Hamann has no preference regarding who should succeed his compatriot, he conceded the Reds now need to make a call.
Hamann
“Obviously if Ruben Amorim doesn’t get the job, I’m sure they’ll have somebody else (lined up),”
“There’s obviously a few candidates.”
“I wouldn’t be too worried if Amorim doesn’t come because they will have somebody lined up. I think there are a few potential candidates.
“Whether they are able to manage the club remains to be seen, you only find that out when they are there. But I wouldn’t be too worried that they haven’t got one for next season yet.
“There’s candidates out there and don’t forget Bayern Munich are also looking for a new manager. Manchester United might be too, potentially.
“That’s three big clubs looking for managers. Personally, I wouldn’t have any preference whatsoever. There are good ones out there.
“You need to see, do they speak English? How do they want to play football? Obviously it would be great to bring somebody in who gives these young players a chance that Klopp has played, mostly in the cup competitions but in the league as well.
“I think it would be a shame if somebody comes in who says, ‘yeah, I’m not really one for developing players’.
“They have so many good youngsters there so I think that’s another thing to take into account, to bring somebody in who uses these young players because Liverpool have probably got one of the best crop of young players so you’ve got to use them.
“And it doesn’t always have to be a big name. Sometimes you just have to give somebody a chance.
“At the same time, at some stage you’ve got to make a call. At some stage, you’ve got to commit and say this is the man, because it probably makes it easier to attract players as well.
“At Liverpool, it remains to be seen who is going to go. Whether (Mohamed) Salah is going to go, (Virgil) Van Dijk is past 30 now so you need to bring one or two players in.
“They would like to know who the manager is going to be next season so at some stage, they have to make a decision.”
Hamann believes his former team-mate, Alonso, has made the right decision to spurn interest from Liverpool
Hamann added
“I think 100% he made the right decision,” he said. “It is not an easy task to follow Klopp at Liverpool.
“It brings its own dangers with it and that might be another thing why one or two people, I don’t want to say put off, but think what can they do.
“This guy was loved and has been very successful at the club. I don’t think it is an easy thing to follow him. It’s big footsteps.
"Bayern Munich, there are a lot of problems within the club at the moment too. Xabi is aware of all these things.
“He has a great team at Leverkusen and I think they’re keeping pretty much the whole team together bar one or two players.
“They’ll bring in new ones too and I think he’s made the right call because if they do stay together, which I think they will, I think they can have a really good run in the Champions League next season