Former Liverpool glory Robbie Fowler judges Unai Emery capable of taking over from Jürgen Klopp on the Reds bench.
Arriving in October 2015 on the Liverpool bench, Jürgen Klopp thinks he is arriving slowly, but surely, at the twilight of his now eight-year adventure with the Reds. Enough to spark speculation about his potential successor. The club’s former number 9, Robbie Fowler, suggests that Unai Emery, the current coach of Aston Villa, could be the ideal option to replace the German technician under contract until June 2026.
“The biggest compliment I can pay to Unai Emery is that I think he is one of the few managers who would be capable of taking on the challenge of replacing Klopp at Liverpool. But before the lords and ladies of the Midlands and Anfield get angry, I’m not suggesting Emery leaves Birmingham for Merseyside or that Klopp could be on the move.”thus judged the child of Mersey on the microphone ofHITC.
And to add: “I was already a big fan of Emery when Arsenal asked him to succeed Arsène Wenger. At the Emirates it didn’t work out as I hoped, and I still think a lot of that was due to a lack of respect for Emery, simply because he didn’t arrive with the same mastery of the English language as a member of the royal family. Today, at Aston Villa, he proves that football is truly universal. »
