Liverpool set the template for success

RALF Rangnick has suggested Liverpool is the ideal model for United to follow if they are to become a credible force again.

- SAMUEL LUCKHURST

Since Jurgen Klopp's appointment in October 2015, Liverpool have reached six finals, winning the Champions League in 2019 and the League Cup this year, as well as ending a 30-year wait for the championship in 2020.

Klopp has six players who were recruited under Rangnick's watch at his former clubs in Germany and Austria and the interim United manager lauded Klopp's squad management during his time at Anfield, where United are due on tonight.

“I didn't say how much influence I had on those players but it's pretty obvious a big club like Liverpool, one of the best clubs in Europe in the last couple of years, they have six former players: Schalke, Hoffenheim, Salzburg and Leipzig,” Rangnick explained.

"It's probably the highest number of players that nobody knew by the time we gave them debuts.