Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool lives the worst nightmare when the club went to the brink

The big shakeup behind the scenes at Merseyside leaves Klopp in a lonely position at Anfield now. Throughout Klopp’s successful tenure in the North West, Klopp has spoken highly of the team around him and both Gordon and Edwards helped form the holy trinity.

Now it will be a one-man mission with Klopp taking on all the responsibilities and he will be asked if he is prepared to do so. Success on the pitch when the season resumes may help hide the cracks at Liverpool.

But Klopp is under no illusions about the scale of the task he now faces at a club that seems to lose key personnel every week.