Manuel Neuer leaves the ball in Jürgen Klopp’s court for one day managing Bayern Munich

The bookmakers across the world are having a field day with trying to predict just how long Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp will be without a job after he steps down from his post at the end of this season.

The former Mainz and Borussia Dortmund manager shocked the footballing world ahead of the weekend by announcing his decision to leave the club after this season as Liverpool has already begun its search for a new manager.

Klopp has promised that he will take at least a year off from managing a team, whether it be a club or a national team. He also affirmed that he will never manage any other club in England, but he did not completely close off the door to potential jobs elsewhere. Could he make a return to the Bundesliga? Will he ever manage the German national team? Will he make a romantic return to either Dortmund or Mainz? Only time will tell what Klopp will do, but he has, to date, never refused ever managing Bayern outright.

Bayern’s players and staff members took part in their traditional visits to fan clubs throughout Germany over the weekend and some of the fans seized the opportunity to ask rather pressing questions. In Manuel Neuer’s visit to a fan club, a fan asked him whether or not Klopp would ever become manager for FC Bayern. Neuer struck a neutral, diplomatic tone in his reply.