Rotherham manager Paul Warne has responded to Paul Merson's claims that Jurgen Klopp could take the Millers into the Premier League - and joked he hopes his chairman hasn't got any ideas.
Pundit Merson said on Sky Sports that German Klopp was so good that he would work wonders at the Football League club.
"I'm a great lover of Jurgen Klopp," Merson told Sky Sports . "I could use any team here, but I'm just going to say Rotherham… I think Klopp could go to Rotherham and take them to the Premier League in time. He's that good."
Klopp is currently sitting top of the Premier League with Liverpool - having won the Champions League and the Club World Cup last year.
Warne is doing fairly well for himself with Rotherham currently top of League One, on goal difference with Wycombe, having smashed 45 strikes in the first half of the season.
And Warne, who took over as the Millers' manager for his first coaching role in 2016, is a big fan of the former Borussia Dortmund chief - but warned him that if he was to drop down the leagues he wouldn't be able to afford stars like Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
"I think the German coaching badges are a lot better than the English ones," Warne joked.
"Jurgen is a lot more experienced than me. I can understand Paul Merson's comments because Klopp at the moment is head and shoulders above.
"But if he got us to the Premier League, wow. I hope my chairman hasn't read that.
"I'm not sure he could bring Mane and Firmino here, though. I don't think the wage structure will work."
Warne never played higher than the second tier during a career which started at Great Yarmouth Town and zipped through Wigan, Kettering, Rotherham, Mansfield, Oldham and Yeovil.
And the 46-year-old has rated his chances of success if a Freaky Friday situation occurred and he ended up in the Anfield dug out.
"I'm not sure if I could win the Champions League. I haven't been involved in many Champions League games, so my experience isn't really up there," he said.
"I reckon I might be able to win the Premier League with Liverpool this year - if I took over now I would give myself a good chance.
"I don't want a job swap because I don't want to commute, that is too far for me, so if he did want to take the job..."
