LIVERPOOL are looking to escalate negotiations on a new contract to keep manager Jurgen Klopp at Anfield beyond 2024.
The PA news agency understands a new deal has been pushed up the agenda after Mike Gordon, president of owners Fenway Sports Group, flew in for the Champions League victory over Villarreal which put the Reds within touching distance of a third final in five seasons.
It is believed the club have been encouraged by positive noises coming from Klopp’s camp and his agent Marc Kosicke was in the directors’ box, seated close to Gordon, to watch the 2-0 win over their Spanish visitors.
Klopp arrived at Anfield in October 2015 and, after immediately leading the club to League Cup and Europa League finals in his first season, signed an improved deal to 2022 at the end of that campaign.
A new four-and-a-half-year contract was agreed in 2019 but there is now hope he could extend his stay potentially for another four years.
