Liverpool legend Fowler: Klopp leaves club in much better shape than he arrived

Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler says Jurgen Klopp leaves the club in excellent shape.

After nine years in charge, Klopp has walked away from the Reds as one of the most successful managers the club has seen.

Fowler told liverpoolfc.com: "When you look at the transition from what Liverpool is now to when Jrgen took over, what he has brought to the table when you talk about managers and what they achieve, he has been nothing short of exceptional.

"There is a lot of love from myself, the fact that he has brought Liverpool as a football club to the very top. When you talk about him as a manager you are certainly putting him on the top table with all the great managers that our club has had.

"When you think of us as a football team, for us to be sitting amongst the elite again is incredible. I'm proud of the fact that I know him and I'm proud of the fact of the job he has done at Liverpool because it has been exceptional, it really has.

"To go out with a trophy in his final season was another special day out for the club and a special moment for Jrgen. I remember when he came in and he said we win together and we lose together. With him there is a genuineness about him.

"I will always remember when we lost the Europa League final to Sevilla. The club had organised a party in the hotel after the game and I remember it being really subdued and not a great atmosphere.

"Then Jrgen got up and spoke and by the time he had finished that speech I genuinely thought we had won the Europa League that night!

"It was clear in what he was saying and what he envisaged about the club moving forward and what the plans were, because I genuinely came away from that thinking: 'Wow, this manager and this person is an absolute superstar!'

"OK, he won stuff and he lost stuff with Liverpool, but the legacy and the enjoyment he leaves behind for everyone, it's just a joy to have been part of a journey. Let's hope the journey from a Liverpool point of view continues for a long, long time.

"What Jrgen brought to this club and to the fans, it's just been an absolute honour to be part of something that he's brought to the table."