Jurgen Klopp, the German manager of Liverpool football club, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of the season. The 56-year-old said that he was “convinced” leaving the club was the right decision and that he had “no regrets” about it. Klopp’s decision comes despite his current contract running until 2026, which he signed in April 2022.
Klopp took over Liverpool in 2015, and has since guided the club to every major trophy during his time there. However, last season was a tricky one for the club, as they failed to win any major silverware and finished fifth in the Premier League. Klopp said that this was followed by a “difficult” summer of rebuilding and he realized that his energy levels were “not endless.”
“I’ve been doing this 24 years now. When you have the career I had it’s almost impossible to start where I did and arrive at Liverpool. I always invested everything I had. I realized my resources are not endless and I prefer to pack everything into this season and then have a break or stop or whatever. We’re not young rabbits any more and we don’t jump as high as we did,” Klopp said.
Klopp’s decision has been met with shock and sadness from Liverpool fans, but he reassured them that the players were still fighting for the remainder of the season. “We have a really strong bond with the players so they didn’t ask questions yet because we are professionals. You can see the boys are in a really good mood. They weren’t having a party when I told them but it was just an announcement,” he said
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