German football coach Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will leave the English Premier League club Liverpool at the end of the season.
Klopp pointed out that he is running out of energy to do his job.
The German coach was appointed manager of the “Reds” in October 2015, and his current contract was supposed to last until 2026.
“I told the people at the club already in November that I was leaving my job at the end of the season. I can understand that it is a shock for many people at this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but I can explain it or at least try to explain it,” Klopp said, reports British media.
He pointed out that he loves everything about Liverpool, both the club and the city, but that he made the decision to leave convinced that it was the right way.
“How can I say, I ran out of energy. Now I have no problem, obviously, I knew for a long time that I would have to publish it at some point, but now I’m perfectly fine. I know that I can’t do the work over and over again. After the years that we spent together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, respect for you grew, love for you grew and the least I owe you is the truth,” Klopp said, among other things, in a video message published on Liverpool’s official website.
Klopp led Liverpool to the European Championship in 2019, beating Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid. Then he won the European Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, and then the title of champion of England. He also won the Cup, League Cup and Supercup of England with the Reds.
Interestingly, he announced his decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season at a time when the Reds are the leading team in the English Premier League.
In his career, the German also managed Mainz and Borussia Dortmund.
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