Liverpool’s sacking of Brendan Rodgers and subsequent hiring of Jürgen Klopp was arguably a reaction to Chelsea’s precarious league position.

The Liverpool owners, fearing that Jose Mourinho was a spent force at Chelsea, hired Klopp before anyone else could. It is the only justification for sacking Rodgers in October, having given the Northern Irishman £80 million to spend last summer, to commence another squad overhaul for the Reds.

Are Chelsea looking enviously at Liverpool right now? The Blues are a sinking ship, with a manager who is struggling to keep his team together. In contrast the mood around Anfield is growing more optimistic by the day.

Since the arrival of their new German boss, Liverpool fans feel like they belong again, a manager who was one of the most sought after in the world, chose Liverpool, and in doing so, Klopp may have just kept Mourinho in a job. Had Jose have been sacked instead of Rodgers, surely Klopp would have been the front-runner for the Chelsea job.

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This is all well and good, but if presented with the opportunity, hypothetically, would Liverpool and Chelsea trade managers right now? Chelsea have never been so poor in the Premier League era, and after three years of Mourinho, the Blues are in danger of staying loyal to one manager. Perhaps a fresh face is what Chelsea need, to kick start their season.

Many Liverpool fans, however, albeit to themselves, would secretly welcome Mourinho at Anfield.

Ever since they missed out on Jose in 2004 there has always been that sense of, ‘what if’.

Klopp still has a lot to prove in managerial terms, therefore to have a manager learning on the job with a very inexperienced group of players may not serve Liverpool as well as their fans might think. Mourinho on the other hand is the finished article.

He can’t better his achievements in club football he can only match them; there isn’t a team in world football that is too big for Mourinho, and Liverpool would be punching above their weight if he was to be their manager.

Furthermore, Klopp as Chelsea manager would be a frightening proposition. The Blues, despite their poor start, still possess one of the most complete squads in the Premier League, and a squad, which would arguably be the strongest in Klopp’s managerial history. Therefore the German would be more likely to eclipse his achievements at Dortmund with Chelsea rather than Liverpool.

Regardless, there doesn’t seem to be a potential managerial swap on the cards any time soon, so let’s just wait and see, and allow the Liverpool vs. Chelsea rivalry to blossom once more, whether it be through matters on the pitch, or envious fans wondering ‘what if’, when things turn sour.

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