Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp could be candidates for the next England manager (Picture: Getty Images)

Rio Ferdinand says the Football Association should be targeting Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho as possible successors to Gareth Southgate as England manager.

Klopp is stepping down as Liverpool boss at the end of the season and has said that he intends to take a break from management after being worn out by the Anfield job.

Mourinho left his post as Roma manager earlier this month and is currently out of work, but has made no mention of retirement or staying out of football for a period of time.

Neither the German nor the Portuguese has managed a national team in the past, but obviously both have had great success in the Premier League and abroad.
Southgate is expected to step down as England manager after this summer’s European Championship and Ferdinand says the FA should be already plotting a move for either Klopp or Mourinho.

‘If I’m England, I’m talking to [Jurgen] Klopp now,’ Ferdinand said on FIVE. ‘If I’m Klopp, I’m looking at the England squad and thinking I can win the World Cup. England or Barcelona [as options for Klopp].

‘The FA have to go and get Klopp or Jose Mourinho. If I’m the FA, I’m going to them two guys and say whoever wants it, you go in the ring, have a fight about it and come back to us.’

Rio Ferdinand hopes the FA are targeting the biggest names in management (Picture...