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Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the current season.
The German has been in charge of the club since October 2015, when he replaced Brendan Rodgers.
Klopp has guided Liverpool to every major trophy during his tenure on Merseyside, including both the Premier League and Champions League.
The Reds currently top the table and are on course to win the title for the second time under the 56-year-old.
Jurgen Klopp has rocked Liverpool by confirming he will leave the club at the end of the season
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Yet Klopp has now decided to announce that he will be leaving the club in the summer.
A statement on the club’s official website read: “Jurgen Klopp has announced his decision to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the current season, he has given the club’s ownership the opportunity to step down from his post come the 2023–24 campaign. Have informed about the desire.” One pass.
“After guiding the Reds to another Wembley final on Wednesday night, the 56-year-old will continue to oversee the team’s remaining fixtures in 2023-24 before ending an illustrious eight-and-a-half year managerial reign at Anfield, which kicked off today His guidance has seen the club win six major trophies.
“Assistant managers Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Kravitz, as well as elite development coach Vitor Matos, will also vacate their posts at the end of the season, with Lijnders keen to pursue a career in management.”
And Klopp has highlighted his decision to walk away.
He said: “I can understand that it’s a shock to a lot of people at the moment when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it .
“I love 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 I still make this decision, it shows you that I am convinced that this is the decision I have to take.
“I’m just like, how can I say this, my energy is draining.
“I don’t have any problems anymore, obviously, I already knew that I would have to announce it at some point, but now I’m absolutely fine.
“I know I can’t do one thing over and over again.
“After all the years we spent together and all the time we spent together and all the things we went through together, respect for you grew, love for you grew and the least I owe you is the truth – and This is the truth.”
Klopp says he first informed Liverpool of his desire to move back in November.
“I told the club back in November,” he said.
“I have to explain a bit that maybe the work I do is what people see from the outside, I’m on the touchline and in training sessions and things like that, but the majority of the work is around things like that.
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“It means that a season starts and you already plan a lot for the next season.
“When we sat there together and talked about potential signings, the next summer camp and whether we could go anywhere, the thought came, ‘I’m not sure I belong here anymore’ and that brought me to myself. Caught by surprise. I start thinking about it clearly.
“It didn’t start [then], but certainly last season was an extremely difficult season and there were moments when at other clubs perhaps the decision would have been, ‘Well, thanks very much for everything but maybe we should part ways here, or call it quits here. Should be abolished. Obviously this did not happen here.
“It was very, very, very important for me to help get this team back on track. That’s just what I was thinking about.
“When I realized very early on that it happened, that this is a really good team with huge potential and super age groups, super characters and all that stuff, then I was able to start thinking about myself again and This was the result.
Jurgen Klopp led Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2019
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“This is not what I want [do]This is what I think is 100 percent correct.
However, Klopp does not want any distractions from his exit and has urged Liverpool to ‘go for it’ as they look to win an unprecedented quadruple.
“We will have a moment, maybe the last matchday here or somewhere else – I mean in other countries or other competitions,” he said.
“There’s enough time to do these kinds of things. Let’s really get on with it now. The outside world wants to use this decision, laugh about it, want to harass us.”
“We are Liverpool, we have been through tough things together. And you went through hard things before me.
Jurgen Klopp led Liverpool to the Premier League title in 2020 after the club had gone 30 years without the award
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“Let’s build on this strength. It’ll be really cool. Let’s squeeze everything out of this season and have one more thing to smile about when we look back in the future.”
Fenway Sports Group Chairman Mike Gordon said: “First and foremost, on behalf of John Henry and Tom Werner, I want to express our deep appreciation for Jurgen.
“Needless to say that we will be deeply saddened to lose not only a manager of such caliber, but also a man and leader for whom we have great respect, gratitude and affection. At the same time, we look forward to his wishes. And completely respect the reasons why he has decided that the current season will be his last at Liverpool.
“In keeping with Jürgen’s expressed wishes, we will save the extensive tribute for a more appropriate time, but nevertheless, we would be remiss if we did not use this opportunity to confirm that his appointment marks the beginning of our time as owners. One of the greatest blessings, it would be our mistake.
“The incredible achievements of the intervening years speak for themselves, as does the joy that Jurgen and his team have brought to all of us supporters. His many achievements will never be taken for granted. To appropriate a saying synonymous with another Liverpool managerial great, Jurgen Klopp ‘made people happy’ and we are confident that he will continue to do so until his final departure.”
