Emre Can, Dietmar Hamann back Jurgen Klopp appointment at Liverpool

The former Borussia Dortmund coach is favourite to take over from Brendan Rodgers, with ex-Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti also in the frame.

Klopp is understood to be open to the idea of a move, with reports suggesting that talks between Liverpool and his representatives were progressing well.

[PAPERS: Klopp could be appointed as early as Friday]

The 48-year-old has been out of work since leaving Dortmund in the summer.

Klopp won two German Bundesliga titles at Dortmund and led the club to the finals of the Champions League in 2013, but lost the German Cup final to Wolfsburg in his final game in charge at the end of the 2014-15 season, during which his side struggled in the domestic league, eventually finishing seventh.

Klopp is understood to have spoken to former Liverpool and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann about the club, the city and the fans, the BBC reported.

And Hamann tweeted the following last night:

Former Germany midfielder Stefan Effenberg believes Klopp will be back coaching "very, very soon" and thinks he is suited to Anfield.

"He gave me this answer a couple of weeks ago. He said, 'I'm ready for a team that's not on the highest level, to create something, to build something up'. This could be Liverpool, right?," Effenberg, who has played 35 times for Germany, told the BBC.

"Liverpool is one of the greatest atmospheres. It's pretty much the same as Dortmund. The fans stay with everything behind the club and this is what Jurgen Klopp likes and what he needs," the BBC quoted Effenberg as saying at the ASPIRE4SPORT conference in Berlin.

"So maybe, very soon, we'll hear something from Jurgen Klopp, to make a decision, maybe, for Liverpool."

There is even enthusiasm from within the current LFC squad towards the potential appointment of Klopp.

“Jurgen Klopp is certainly a great coach,” Can told German newspaper Die Welt. “I think he has demonstrated in Dortmund that he can work at any team in the world.”

The 48-year-old German speaks good English and said last year that he wanted to work in the Premier League one day.

“I think that apart from Germany, England is the only other country where I should work,” Klopp said. “Simply because I know a little of the language and I need the language for my work.”