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Liverpool appear to be edging closer to appointing Ruben Amorim as their Jurgen Klopp successor. The Sporting manager has jumped ahead of the pack to be the outstanding candidate to take over from Klopp, on paper at least. In practice, it also looks like Amorim is starting to become more likely to end up at Anfield. On Tuesday, it was claimed that Liverpool had actually agreed a contract for the 39-year-old to take over in the summer. Although that ultimately appeared to be premature, talks have reportedly been ongoing at the very least. Sporting’s seemingly imminent league title win may even …

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