NEW: Jurgen Klopp is pushing the board at Liverpool to offer James Milner a new deal.⁣

Klopp is a huge admirer of Milner and is pushing the Liverpool board to replicate the offer and table another one-year extension for the 2023/24 season.⁣

The German boss believes Milner’s leadership and off-pitch presence is crucial to Liverpool’s dressing room atmosphere and believes he would be a huge loss for the club should he leave this summer.⁣

Talks are yet to be opened, but Liverpool are optimistic that a deal could be struck quickly one negotiations begin. [pete o’rourke – football insider]

James Milner on the possibility of becoming a manager:

“You never know what happens in football, everyone says you should play as long as you can, I still feel good in this moment in time. Depends on options – and things change very quickly in football.”