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Gary Neville has compared Jurgen Klopp to Sir Alex Ferguson as he lauded the Liverpool boss for his impact on the club.
Klopp has turned the Reds into one of the best teams in England, winning the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup. He will leave his post at the end of the season, but is plotting another title challenge in the meantime.
Liverpool currently sit second in the top flight and are only behind leaders Arsenal on goal difference after Sunday's 1-1 draw with Manchester City. Following that game, Neville lauded Klopp for his connection with the city of Liverpool.
"They're both exceptional managers [Klopp and Pep Guardiola ]. I've always swayed more towards Klopp because he's obviously worked with great resources here, but less resources than Pep Guardiola," he said on The Gary Neville Podcast.
"His style of play, he's more towards how I see football. Pep is an absolute and what he's created at Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and now at Manchester City is unequivocal, it's incredible.
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"But Klopp is a massive personality, a giant of a character and someone who connects not just with his players - that's pretty obvious, and the staff within the club - but with the city, the language he uses, the tone, with the fans.
"And I think to me that's what a great manager does. They do more than just play great football. They do more than just win football matches. They do more than win trophies. They impact people's lives on a sort of daily basis, weekly basis. And I think Klopp does that for Liverpool.
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Gary Neville believes Jurgen Klopp shares a trait with Sir Alex Ferguson (Getty Images)"I think there are men and women and children in Liverpool, who go to school, who wake up in the morning, who go to work, and they think of the passion and the energy of Jurgen Klopp. I genuinely think that will happen."
Those aspects of Klopp's management style have reminded Neville of his former boss Ferguson. Neville played under the legendary Scot for all 19 years of his career and sees similarities between him and Klopp. "I think Sir Alex Ferguson had that ability to connect with the fans at Old Trafford, and to me, he's a massive loss to Liverpool and he's a massive loss to the Premier League, because there are very few like him, if any like him in world football at this moment in time," Neville added.
"I wish he was not the Liverpool manager and I can't wait for him to leave from a selfish perspective because I know whilst he's here, Liverpool stand a great chance of success. If we just go back to the start of the season, look at what everybody said about Liverpool and what their chances were of winning the title this season. The reason Liverpool are sat there in with a chance of winning the Premier League title is because of him.
"Honestly, he has that capability to be able to drag that extra per cent, two per cent, three per cent that not many can, and that's why he's one of the great leaders."
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