Unexpected bombshell in the Premier League: Jürgen Klopp leaves Liverpool! One day before playing their corresponding match in the 4th round of the FA Cup once morest Norwich City, the ‘red’ team has announced that “Jürgen Klopp has announced his decision to leave the position of coach of Liverpool at the end of the season, following inform the club’s ownership of his desire to leave his position in the summer.” Although the German coach had a contract until 2026 with the Anfield team, Jürgen Klopp brings forward his departure from Liverpool by two years. Likewise, as Liverpool adds, “Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz, as well as elite development coach Vitor Matos, will also leave their positions at the end of the season.”
Jürgen Klopp has announced his decision to step down as #LFC manager at the end of the season, having informed the club’s ownership of his wish to leave his position in the summer.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024
In the middle of 2023-2024, a season in which Jürgen Klopp has recovered the best version of the ‘reds’, placing them as leaders of the Premier League and competing for all the trophies in dispute (Europa League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup), The unexpected goodbye of the German has caused an earthquake in Liverpool. “After leading the Reds to another Wembley final on Wednesday night, the 56-year-old will continue to oversee the team’s remaining games in 2023-24 before bringing down the curtain on a glorious eight-year reign and “as a coach at Anfield, where the club has won six major trophies under his direction to date,” the club added in the statement.
Liverpool itself has shared a video on social networks in which Jürgen Klopp explains the reason for his departure: “I will leave the club at the end of the season. I understand that it may be a shock to many people when they hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it or at least try. I love absolutely everything regarding this club, the city, the fans… I love the team and the staff, but making this decision makes me even clearer that it is the one I have to make. How can I say it? I’m running out of energy. I have no problems now, but I know that I would have to announce this one day. I’m fine, but I know I can’t do the job once more, and once more, and once more, and once more. After all the years and time we have spent together, and all the things we have been through, the respect and love that you (the fans) have earned deserved me to tell you the truth, and this is the truth. If you ask me, will you work as a coach once more? Now I would say no. But obviously I don’t know how I’ll feel because I’ve never been in this situation. What I do know definitively is that I will never manage a team in England other than Liverpool.”
