Jurgen Klopp has tipped Steven Gerrard to succeed him as Liverpool manager.
Klopp is in the final three years of his current contract at Anfield and is yet to agree an extension that deal is set to expire in summer 2022.
Last week the German was forced to dismiss suggestions he could quit the Reds due to the British weather over a joke made by his agent in an interview.
Although Klopp currently has no plans to leave the European champions, he backed Gerrard for a potential return to his boyhood club as manager.
Gerrard spent 17 years in the first-team with Liverpool, spending 12 of them as captain, before rejoining as coach of their under-18 side in 2017.
He left a year later to take the reins at Rangers but Klopp believes that the Huyton-born midfielder would be a good fit to someday succeed him.
“Kenny [Dalglish] and Stevie have both been a really big support from day one,” he told FourFourTwo.
“Second, my position as a manager has nothing to do with the people around me.
“If Liverpool were to sack me tomorrow, then maybe Kenny would be the first choice to replace me, but they would probably bring Stevie down from Glasgow.
“If you ask who should follow me, I’d say Stevie. I help him whenever I can.
“If someone gets your job, it’s not about them, it’s about you not being good enough.
“I’m old enough to know that I give this job everything. I’m not a genius, I’m not perfect, but I give the club 100 per cent. If that’s enough, great. If it’s not, then it’s just the problem of the situation.
“I’m not jealous, I’m not sceptical. I’m completely open. If you want my help, you’ll get it.
“My family often thinks that I’m too quick to open up, but I think being any other way is a waste of time. I love life, I love my job, I like most people – that’s how it is.”