Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has his say on Neil Critchley's appointment as Blackpool's new head coach

The 41-year-old was this morning announced as Blackpool's replacement for Simon Grayson, who was sacked last month after just seven months in charge.

Critchley leaves his role as Liverpool's Under-23 coach, having worked at Anfield for the last seven years.

“Congratulations to Blackpool and to Neil, it’s a great thing,” Klopp said.

“It’s a nice challenge for him, a nice opportunity. He wanted to take it, he asked the club and we said, ‘Yes, of course.’

"It’s really nice because it shows it’s possible that you can make your way as a youth or Under-23 coach as well, that’s always what we wanted to have.

“We wanted to have the best people here in all different departments, that means in all the coaching roles as well.

"That means there are some requests – and will hopefully be more in the future – from other clubs.

"That’s exactly how it should be, we don’t want to have somebody here for like 20 years who is doing the same job. No, it’s exactly like that.

“I’m really happy for him that he got that opportunity and that he takes it. It’s a big club and hopefully everything will go well.”