Liverpool hero Dietmar Hamann believes Jurgen Klopp should leave the club in the summer, saying the current situation is unlikely to improve under his leadership.
The Reds have struggled this season, already out of all cup competitions and battling to achieve a European finish as they sit eighth in the Premier League table.
A tepid goalless draw with Chelsea on Tuesday night did nothing to silence the doubters, of which Hamann has been one of the most notable in recent months, continuing something of a feud with the Liverpool boss.
The former Germany midfielder has stuck the boot in on his compatriot once again by saying he should leave Anfield at the end of the season.
Although Hamann does concede that the problems partly lie with the owners who are unwilling, or unable, to compete with the transfer fees paid by other clubs.
‘I’m afraid that if Klopp decides to stay on, it won’t be any better next year because the owners at Liverpool never spend the money like other clubs,’ Hamann told Sky Germany’s Sky 90.
‘He wouldn’t have deserved that and this wonderful marriage between Liverpool and Klopp wouldn’t have deserved that.
‘That’s why the best thing for both sides would be to make a cut in the summer. Listening to Klopp, he wants to do it, he thinks he can do it – but I have big doubts.’
Hamann questioned Klopp in January, doubting his hunger and desire to restart a project at Liverpool as the current team clearly needs a significant revamp.
He told talkSPORT: ‘ [He] needs to build a new team. The question will be has he got the desire, the hunger and the energy to do that because they haven’t got the financial power the other teams have got.
‘Players who cost £35m a few years ago, they cost £70-80m these days and Liverpool are not prepared to do that.
‘The question is has he got the desire, the hunger and the energy to deal with the financial differences between the top teams to compete over the next few years?
‘They might get in the top four but then again, moving forward, where they are is probably how good they are.
‘At the moment they are probably not a top four team.
‘At the moment they’re a top six or top seven team and I don’t think that’s his ambition over the next few years if he stays at Liverpool.’
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