I think the club wanted someone who might be able to punch above his weight. Alonso, Amorim & Slot were the three most seriously linked managers, and all three have done that to some extent in their respective leagues.
I would've been ok with Tuchel tbh.
You're right though, there aren't many good options out there. Makes me think United might stick with ETH for another year.
I know the comparisons with Ferguson leaving United and Klopp leaving Liverpool have already been made but I remember when it became clear Ferguson was leaving, myself and many other reds (including proper match going fans, not just once/twice a year matchgoers like me) said that the only man at that time who could take on that job, maintain the respect of the world class players and keep United successful for a couple of years was Jose Mourinho. I still believe that today. Moyes always seemed like a deer in headlights. Players like Rio have said recently that they’d have liked Mourinho to come in in 2013.
The comparison is that I feel Tuchel was your Mourinho. The man out there who could come in and keep your experienced successful players starstruck and motivated at Liverpool. His trophy cabinet is similar to Klopps and he’s managed world class players. Slot might hit it off, but if he doesn’t get immediate results I feel you’ll start getting similar to us with Moyes where players stop listening to him because they’re more successful than him and don’t appreciate being told to do things differently at their club where they’ve already been successful.
Why do you think Liverpool went for a manager to punch above? My best guess from the outside looking in is that Edwards wants to work with someone he thinks he can trust and have a good long-term working relationship with?
Excuse the long post. Liverpool is a club I can actually talk about happily, as opposed to city where I just don’t care about them