Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is the man who will replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, according to John Arne Riise.
The managerial game of cat and mouse has been in the headlines for weeks, but things took a turn for the dramatic on Monday when the German FA announced that Joachim Low will step down after this summer's Euros.
That breathed life into claims that Klopp, whose Liverpool team have all but yielded the Premier League title to Manchester City, could step aside in the summer and manage his country.
Were he to do so then Reds legend Gerrard is expected to be one of the Anfield club's top targets to take the reins, after he won the first league title of his career with Rangers over the weekend.
Reports in England suggest that, despite Liverpool's desperately poor form, Klopp is planning to hang around until at least the end of next season.
But Riise, who won the 2004 Champions League alongside Gerrard in Istanbul, reckons that whenever Klopp does go, his former team-mate will get the nod.
He told The Mirror: "Obviously he won the league on Sunday, Stevie, which is a massive achievement for him and his team.
"I always knew he was going to be a success because he is a hard-working person, not just on the pitch but as a manager. I'm very happy for him.
"People are saying 'He doesn't have the experience yet, he's young'. One thing I know about Steven Gerrard: he's always going to be ready for anything that comes to him, because he's that type of person.
"So I think that when Klopp decides to stop managing Liverpool - I think Klopp is the one to decide if he keeps going or not, he's never going to get sacked, he'll get an agreement to go when he doesn't see a future there.
"When he goes if it's one, two, three, four years, I think Stevie's going to be the next man."
