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Jurgen Klopp needs to rebuild Liverpool squad to break into top four, says ex-Anfield star
EMILE HESKEY says the next manager of Liverpool will need to rebuild the squad in order to break into the top four of the Premier League.
Spotlight On Jurgen Klopp
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp is set to take charge at Anfield before the end of the week to replace the sacked Brendan Rodgers.
Rodgers guided the Reds to Premier League runners-up in the 2013/14 season, but followed it up with a sixth-place finish and was sacked on Sunday with the club sitting 10th.
And Heskey, who spent four years at Anfield, believes his former club must be realistic with their targets under the new manager as he'll inherit a top-six side.
He said: "Once you finish second (as Liverpool did in 2014), there's an aspect of 'we need to push on from there', but that was a real achievement, I think everyone will accept that.
Jurgen Klopp is the favourite to become the next Liverpool manager
Brendan Rodgers was sacked as Liverpool boss on Sunday evening
"I think the step is to get into the top four. Even though they were second, when you're talking about a squad I don't think they were quite 'there'.
"For now you're looking at someone rebuilding with a squad that is probably top six - I don't think they're quite top four - and then building on top of that."
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