The 56-year-old, who has been at Liverpool since 2015, explains that he loves the club, but the energy is about to run out.
– I have no problems now, obviously. I knew I needed to tell you this at some point, but I’m fine now. But I know I can’t put that work in over and over and over again, he says to the club’s website.
Jürgen Klopp then addresses the supporters.
– After the years we had together and all the time we spent together and all the things we went through together, the respect for you has grown, the love for you has grown and the least I owe you is the truth – and it is the truth.
Kept it a secret for two months
The announcement came as no surprise to Liverpool.
– I told the club in November. I have to explain that the job that I might do that people see from the outside, I’m standing on the sidelines and at the practices and stuff like that, but the majority of all things happen around this kind of thing. That means one season is starting and you’re pretty much planning the next season already.
Klopp explains that the idea came when they sat down to plan future signings and training camps.
– I wasn’t sure if I would stay here then. I surprised myself with that thought. Of course I started thinking about it.
After several successful years at Borussia Dortmund, the German left the Bundesliga for the Premier League in 2015.
In Liverpool, he has been involved in bringing home both the league and the Champions League.