Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is to step down from the managerial role at the end of the season, saying he is “running out of energy”.
Klopp was appointed in October 2015 and his contract was due to run until 2026.
During his time in Liverpool, He won the Champions League in 2019 before leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years in 2019/20 season.
“I told the club already in November,” said 56-year-old Klopp, who has announced his decision with his side top of the Premier League.
“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.
“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.”
Below are his major stats;
- Klopp’s win percentage of 60.7% across all competitions is the highest of any Liverpool manager with 50-plus games in charge of the club
- Since Klopp joined, Liverpool’s Premier League points total of 671 is second only to Manchester City’s 716. Tottenham are third on 583
- Klopp shares the joint longest winning run in the Premier League – with Guardiola’s City – with 18 consecutive victories between October 2019 and February 2020
- He has the second longest unbeaten Premier League run of 44 games between January 2019 and February 2020, second to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal between May 2003 and October 2004
SOURCE: BBC
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