Jamie Carragher has been proved spot on with his two-year-old assessment of the similarities between Mikel Arteta and Jurgen Klopp.
The former England defender was speaking in December 2020 when he drew attention to the transformative impact the two managers had upon arriving at their respective clubs. Klopp took charge of a Liverpool side starved of success in October 2015 and led the Reds to the greatest honours in English, European and world football.
It took some years before improved performances translated to silverware, with the German enacting an overhaul of Liverpool's squad and style of play before the Premier League trophy was lifted at Anfield in 2020. Arteta, meanwhile, inherited a mess at Emirates Stadium in December 2019 and defied the odds to win the FA Cup in his first season.
