Rangers boss Steven Gerrard says Jurgen Klopp will deserve a statue when Liverpool win the Premier League title.

After overseeing Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup success in the last 12 months, the German is now on the brink of ending a 30-year wait for a league championship.

“When you look at the scale of the job he's done, for sure he deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as those iconic managers," Gerrard told The Athletic.

“What you need to take into consideration is that when Jurgen took over Liverpool they weren't close to being the best team in the country, they weren't even in the top four.

“To come to Liverpool when he did, get to the amount of finals that he has, deliver the sixth European Cup and then deliver the first league title after 30 years…

“For me, someone like Jurgen should be rewarded now. It seems like in football we often wait until people get older before their achievements are fully recognised.

“But I know the owners of Liverpool won't let that happen. When Jurgen delivers the league they should already be starting work on a statue of him."