Liverpool are interested in Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti as the search begins for a new manager, according to Sky sources.
Brendan Rodgers was sacked hours after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park in the Merseyside derby left Liverpool with just one Premier League win since August.
A statement from the owners said "the search for a new manager is already under way" and, although neither has yet been contacted it is understood both Klopp and Ancelotti are in the frame.
It is not clear at this stage whether other potential candidates are being considered, but Liverpool plan to appoint a new manager before they go to Tottenham on 17 October after the international break and have no plans to appoint a caretaker as the hope to have the vacancy filled.
Both Klopp and Ancelotti are currently out of work, Klopp after leaving Borussia Dortmund and Ancelotti after he was let go by Real Madrid in the summer.
It emerged last month Klopp is keen on working in the Premier League, while Ancelotti won the title during a two-year spell at Chelsea.
Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher, Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp are all in agreement that Jurgen Klopp should succeed Rodgers.
"If it was me, I would go for Klopp ahead of Ancelotti," Carragher said on Super Sunday. "I think he's got more to prove. Liverpool is not an easy job now. Ancelotti is a great manager, but he's gone to clubs where you're expected to win trophies.
"It's a difficult job now at Liverpool, getting back into the top four. Forget talking about the title. I think it needs someone with that energy and drive to get the club back to where it wants to be, and I think Jurgen Klopp is that man."
Former Reds captain Souness also believes Klopp would be a better fit than Ancelotti. "When you think about it logically, Ancelotti's last three jobs were Chelsea, PSG and Real Madrid," he said.
"They can go out and buy the best players in the world. They have more spending power that anyone else out there. So Klopp might be a better fit. At Dortmund, they continually lost their better players at the end of each season. So he might be a better fit, coming in and working with younger players."
Redknapp, meanwhile, feels Klopp would be a "great" appointment. "I think that Jurgen Klopp has that aura about him," he told Sky Sports News HQ. "He has that special something that some managers have."
(Sky News)
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