Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool at the end of the season.The German coach, who joined the Reds in 2015, made his announcement in a video on Liverpool’s social media channels on Friday.”I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it,” Klopp said.A message to Liverpool supporters from Jürgen Klopp. pic.twitter.com/l7rtmxgOzt— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024 “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 love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.”It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.”After the years we had together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, the respect grew for you, the love grew for you and the least I owe you is the truth – and that is the truth.”Klopp made our dreams become a reality pic.twitter.com/jXRZWqZmJz— Vision 🇺🇾 (@Lfc__vision) January 26, 2024 The 56-year-old has won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup with the Merseyside club.”I told the club (about leaving) already in November,” Klopp added. “I have to explain a little bit that maybe the job I do people see from the outside. I’m on the touchline and in training sessions and stuff like this, but the majority of all the things happen around these kind of things. That means a season starts and you plan pretty much the next season already.”When we sat there together talking about potential signings, the next summer camp and can we go wherever the thought came up, ‘I am not sure I am here then anymore’ and I was surprised myself by that.”Jurgen Klopp has the highest win rate of any manager in Liverpool’s history in all competitions (60.7%, in 50 or more games), while he is the only Liverpool manager to win each of the English top flight, European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup with the Reds.##NAJAVA_MECA_7828736##Klopp took charge of the Reds in October 2015, replacing Brendan Rodgers, with the club sitting 10th in the Premier League following a 1-1 draw at Everton and a sluggish start to the 2015-16 campaign. It took the German three matches to get his first win, beating Chelsea 3-1 after draws against Tottenham and Southampton.The Reds went on to finish the season in eighth, while they finished runners-up in the League Cup and Europa League.After stabilising the club during his first term, Klopp has developed his team into one that has regularly challenged for silverware.##EDITORS_CHOICE##He built a dynasty at Anfield, completely rebuilt a team that lacked trophies and silverware, and created one of the most influential generations in the club’s history with Salah, Mane, Van Dijk, Alisson, Firmino, Alexander-Arnold, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner…So, what’s next for Klopp? Probably Bayern Munich’s dugout or the one of the German national team. At the moment, the Bavarians seem like a more realistic option because Thomas Tuchel is flirting with a sack… As for Liverpool, Xabi Alonso is emerging as a solution. The Spaniard has a clause in his contract with Leverkusen that allows him to leave in case some of his former clubs – Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich – ask for his services.
