Jurgen Klopp has been appointed Liverpool’s new manager on a three-year deal, the BBC reports.

The 48-year-old German replaces Brendan Rodgers, who was sackedon Sunday after three and a half years in charge with the club 10th in the Premier League.

Klopp has been out of work since May, when he ended a seven-year spell at Borussia Dortmund to take a sabbatical.

He is expected to have Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz – his former assistants at the Bundesliga club – at Anfield.