Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will be given time to deliver title, says Brendan Rodgers

Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers expects successor Jurgen Klopp to be given time to deliver a long-awaited Premier League title to Anfield.

Under Rodgers, Liverpool fell just two points short in the 2013-14 season, the closest they have come to adding to their 18 titles since their last triumph in 1990.

The Northern Irishman, who lost the services of Luis Suarez following his move to Barcelona, failed to match the achievements this season and was sacked just three months into the campaign. 

Liverpool lie seventh in the Premier League table and Klopp, who took over from Rodgers last October, had admitted winning the Europa League is their best chance of competing in the Champions League next season.

"The expectancy of course is to win the league, we went very close in my time and obviously Jurgen will go in and feel that he can improve on that and that's why the owners made the change," Rodgers told the Belfast Telegraph.

"They felt they wanted to improve, and to improve on runners-up would be to win the league, but it is going to take time. I'm sure the owners will give him that time."

Rodgers, who has been without a job since leaving Liverpool, says his experience at Anfield will stand him in good stead when he decides to return to management.

"I have taken time to reflect on my period at Liverpool, an incredible club, which I thoroughly enjoyed," said the former Swansea boss. "Hopefully, when I go into my next job, I will be all the better for the rest and for the reflection.

"When I come back I'll be a better manager. The experiences make you better."