Gerrard announced his retirement from professional football on Thursday
"The door is always open for him," Klopp told a press conference on Thursday.
"From our side, if he wants to make whichever career change from his former career, then we want to help him.
"There's nothing else to say."
Klopp was keen to stress that nothing concrete is set in place for Gerrard to return to the club and urged the media to give the former midfielder enough time to properly plan his next career choice.
"Steven Gerrard, 186 goals, the first thing what you should all learn is if somebody wants to help Steven Gerrard then stop being so excited about the next step," said the Liverpool boss.
Gerrard captained Liverpool to the Champions League trophy in 2005
"In life you need space to jump into the next thing that is new.
"He was a young player and now he will be a young whatever. I'm the wrong person to talk about it."
Rather than Gerrard's future career choice, Klopp's immediate concern is Saturday's home game against Sunderland in the Premier League.
Klopp (right) says Liverpool want to 'help' Gerrard
The Reds slipped to second in the division last weekend after being held to a goalless draw by Southampton at St Mary's.
That result ended a run of three straight league victories but Klopp refused to blame the stalemate on the recent international break.
"I didn't have the feeling that we suffered during the international break. It's not perfect but it's the same for every team," Klopp admitted.
"We had a few players they couldn't train properly this week, so you always have some problems.
"We had no time to waste in the first few weeks of the season, now it's becoming more and more intense.
"But that's the situation and I don't think too much about it."
Klopp is now preparing his side to face a resurgent Sunderland, who moved off the bottom of the Premier League table with a 3-0 win over Hull last time out.
Liverpool face Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday
Sunderland are steadily improving under David Moyes and Klopp believes it would be a mistake to underestimate the Black Cats.
"Everything is prepared for a good football game if we do our job," he said.
"Until now it's been good but the next job is already there. We have to do the good things again.
"We won't underestimate Sunderland," he added. "If one person in the stadium underestimates them that would be a mistake."
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