The team I support, Liverpool, is going through a period of change.  The club’s manager, Jurgen Klopp, left when the season ended. Like many other fans, I am very grateful for all he has done for the club. Like Arsene Wenger, Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough and Bill Shankly before him, Klopp is a messianic manager, a character almost as big as the club they serve. These are big shoes to fill; ask any Manchester United supporter how difficult it will be. Like Ferguson before him, Klopp had huge control over the running of all aspects of the club. So, when…

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