The challenge Jurgen Klopp is facing ahead of next season

Jurgen Klopp will be under more scrutiny than ever after transforming Liverpool into the side to beat both at home and abroad.

After reaching 99 points in the Premier League last season, the Reds won their first title for 30 years and are now the ones to beat which will present a different kind of pressure for Klopp to deal with.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City finished 18 points behind Liverpool despite his squad being worth £1 billion before this summer's transfers are even taken into consideration.

For Liverpool, the aim for next season is to retain their beloved Premier League crown and to reclaim their title as the best side in Europe which will soon be claimed by City, Barcelona, Lyon or Bayern Munich.

Many Liverpool supporters believe that Klopp needs to invest in his squad to ensure they can maintain the incredible levels that have been reached over the course of the last two seasons.

So far, the German has added Konstas Tsimikas to his squad as a backup to Andy Robertson at left-back and will likely sign a centre back after Dejan Lovren joined Zenit St. Petersburg.

Further forward, there are still several questions regarding the depth available to Jurgen Klopp in attacking areas with Divock Origi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino not exactly inspiring much confidence.

If one of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane were to suffer a serious injury, it seems as though it could hamper Klopp's plans to continue adding trophies to Liverpool's growing silverware cabinet.

Of course, injuries are always a major concern but the biggest hurdle the German will need to clear has more to do with the kind of critique and scrutiny that accompanies being the mastermind behind a side that has won the Champions League and Premier League in the space of 12 months.

Klopp is no stranger to scrutiny and pressure as being Liverpool manager is a job that is already highly demanding due to the expectations of the hundreds of millions of supporters around the globe.

But his excellence since signing as Reds' boss in 2016 has only made his job that much harder and in a way, he's become his own worst enemy much in the same way Pep Guardiola has since guiding Barcelona to unparalleled success.

It'll be fascinating to see how two of the best football minds in the world go about foiling each other next season.