Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey says Reds managerial candidate Jurgen Klopp will inherit a top four side at best if he joins the Anfield club.
Heskey said Klopp would find it difficult to replicate Brendan Rodgers' feat of guiding the Reds to a second place finish in the Premier League during the 2013/14 season.
"Everybody has good things to say about Klopp so it would be interesting to see how he does at Liverpool," Heskey told reporters.
"I think once you finish second people think you need to push on from there but that was a real achievement.
"The target is top four. They finished second but I don't think they were quite there. They lost their best player [Luis Suarez].
"The team looked to him as a big brother. Nine times out of 10 he was the one who would dig them out of trouble. You are looking at someone building a squad that's top six. I don't think they are quite top four."