It's going to be very much a case of the king is dead. Long live the king.
Klopp has had such a profound impact though. I really fear for 'the next guy'. Going to be like trying to fill the shoes of a childhood sweetheart, or similar. I just hope, that because we have been so spoilt, we recognise it and give him a real chance.
I think the fact that we all recognise that Klopp is irreplaceable, actually helps the new manager rather than hinders him. Absolutely no one thinks he or anyone else can fill Klopp's shoes, and I don't think many expect him to either. So, in a way, it does give the new man a clean slate to be himself and impose himself and his ideas. He'll stand or fall on his own merits, I think. He can't be measured against Klopp, because no one can be. He's a complete one-off.
Bill Shankly was similar. More than just a manager. Something more like a mythical, spiritual being in many ways. The guy used to give me goosebumps just listening to him speak. No one expected Bob Paisley to fill Bill's boots, so he could just be his own man and do it his way. He did that quite well too.
No one can follow Klopp, so you don't even try to. You just do your own thing and believe in it. Trying to recreate what/who has gone before you typically ends in disaster. Klopp himself proved that by the way he respected our history but wasn't here to recreate something. He was here to build something new. He was certainly a new broom. When Klopp walked through the door we stopped trying to get back the past, and started to create a new present. I think Slot has a very similar opportunity.
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