It’s impossible to overstate the devotion that Liverpool fans have to their soon-departing manager, Jurgen Klopp. Picking the team up from mid-table doldrums almost a decade ago, the charismatic German transformed it into champions of England and Europe once again.

The shock announcement that he has decided to leave the club this summer provoked a wave of grief among the Liverpudlians who call themselves a Red. And then, of course, one big question: Who will succeed him?