Jürgen Klopp made a shock announcement this Friday January 26. At the end of the season, he will leave Liverpool, where he has been a coach since 2015. He, who has placed the club among the biggest teams in Europe and the world, has chosen to leave and talks about a certain fatigue.
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It’s a small earthquake, even a tsunami in the Mersey. At the end of the season, Jürgen Klopp will no longer be Liverpool manager. The German who brought glory to the Reds and marked the club’s return to the European forefront since his arrival in 2015, is officially leaving the ship. He announced it himself via a video statement on the English club’s website.
“ I can understand that this is a shock to a lot of people right now, when you first hear itlaunched the former Dortmund coach. I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff. I like everything. But the fact that I am still making this decision shows that I am convinced that it is the one I must make “.
“Let’s squeeze everything out of this season and have another thing to smile about when we look back in the future.”
Jürgen’s important message to you.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024
An announcement all the more surprising as the Reds are in a good position to win the title of champion of England this season, with five points ahead of Manchester City at mid-season. But, it is true, that the striking power of the Mersey club is less impressive in recent seasons than it was between 2018 and 2020. Like the 2022 – 2023 financial year which saw Liverpool finish only fifth in the national championship and be swept away in the round of 16 of the Champions League by Real Madrid (5-1, 1-0).
“I can’t do this job over and over again”
“ It’s because I’m, how can I put it, out of energy? », Summarized the 56-year-old coach, winner of six major trophies in more than eight years with the Reds, to justify his surprise choice. His assistants Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz will also leave their position at the end of the current season, said the club, still competing in the League Cup (qualified for the final), FA Cup (qualified for the 4th round) and Europa League (qualified in the round of 16). A decision of which he had informed his leaders in November.
“When we were sitting together and talking about potential hires, the upcoming summer internship and the possibility of going anywhere, the thought occurred to me that I wasn’t sure I was here anymore, this which surprised me myselfconfessed Klopp. […] I have no problem now, obviously, I already knew it for longer than I should announce it at some point, but I’m absolutely fine now. I know I can’t do this job over and over and over and over again “.
Among his feats of arms on the Liverpool bench, the Champions League won against Tottenham in 2019 of course, with finals in 2018 and 2022. But also several extraordinary seasons, marked by battles with Manchester City in the league as well as in 2021 – 2022, where the Reds failed in second place with 92 points, or when they crushed everything across the Channel to finish the 2019 – 2020 vintage with 99 points. A press conference is planned for 3 p.m. UT in which Klopp will explain the ins and outs of his decision.
Jürgen Klopp will host a special press conference at the AXA Training Center this afternoon to discuss his decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the current season.
Watch it live from 3pm GMT.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024