Gary O’Neil will be Jurgen Klopp’s final managerial opponent before he leaves Liverpool, and the Wolves boss was effusive in his praise of the Reds boss.
O’Neil encountered Klopp during a spell as a youth coach at Liverpool during the 2020-21 season, before going on to take senior managerial jobs with Bournemouth and then Wolves.
“I was unfortunate that my time there was during Covid,” O’Neil said in his pre-match press conference. “There were bubbles that we had to stick to, but he did come to watch us play a few times when we played at the academy and I spent a couple of afternoons around him discussing things they do.
“He’s an iconic figure at Liverpool with what he’s done for the football club; results of course, but also the unity and feel of the place. He’ll get a send-off that represents how that part of the world feels about him.
“He’s been one of the best Premier League managers ever, he’ll be up there with some of the greats with the job that he’s done.
“As much as I want Jurgen to have a nice send-off with his fans, there is still a chance that we can finish in the top 10. If you’d said that to me at the start of the season, that we can win our last game and potentially finish in the top 10, I’d have definitely signed up for it. We go there with that as our focus.”