Jurgen Klopp says Manchester United will be ‘organised’ under Ralf Rangnick and his appointment is ‘not good news’ for Liverpool and other Premier League teams

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has reacted to the news of Ralf Rangnick's imminent move to the Premier League, admitting 'unfortunately, a good coach is coming to Manchester United'.

Rangnick, who inspired both Klopp and Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel in the early days of their managerial careers, is set to be handed the reins at Old Trafford on a six-month interim basis.

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The 63-year-old will then join the club's hierarchy as a consultant on a two-year contract next summer.

And Klopp, who has credited Rangnick for inspiring his own version of Gegenpressing, a high-octane ball-recovery tactic he has implemented with his teams since the 1980s, admits England have gained a 'really experienced' manager who will make United hard to beat.

And he concedes his move to Old Trafford is 'not good news' for Liverpool and other rivals Premier League teams.

Speaking ahead of Saturday's clash against Southampton, the Reds boss told the media: "So it’s a bit tricky, usually we don’t talk about things that are not confirmed yet, but if you tell me it will happen then I might believe you.

"Yeah, unfortunately a good coach is coming to England, that’s how it is, to Manchester United.

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"He’s obviously a really, really experienced manager. He built most famously two clubs from nowhere to proper threats and proper forces in Germany with Hoffenheim and Leipzig.

"He’s done a lot of different jobs in football but always his first concern was being a coach actually, being a manager, and that’s what his best skill is obviously."

Klopp has backed Rangnick to transform Liverpool's bitter rivals into a team that are highly 'organised', though conceded his compatriot will need time to turn things around at Old Trafford

"United will be organised, I think, on the pitch," he added.

"I think we should realise that and that’s obviously not good news for other teams.

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"But, like all coaches in the world, we need time to train with our teams and Ralf will pretty quickly realise he has no time to train because they play all the time so that makes it a bit trickier for him.

"But, apart from that, a really good man and an outstanding coach, if it happens, will come to England."

On his own relationship with Rangnick, Klopp continued: "Between the coaches he is very highly regarded obviously.

"Where he was, he did incredible jobs. It started early as a very, very young man at Stuttgart coaching the second team, going from there.

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"I don’t know all the early clubs he had but I’m pretty sure he went to Ulm and brought them to the Bundesliga, which was absolutely insane at that time, and then made his way up from there.

"We faced each other for the first time, really, when I was a really young coach and he was at Hannover. He might have forgotten, but they always played our opponent a week later, so he called me - the young manager of Mainz - and asked plenty of questions.

"I was happy that big Ralf Rangnick was calling me but he got all the information he needed and they got promoted and we didn’t, so he owes me still something!

"Apart from that in the football world in Germany he is very, very well regarded, and rightly so."