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“I will leave the club at the end of the season. I can understand that it will be a shock to people when they hear it, but I can at least try to explain it. I love absolutely everything about this club, in this city, in its supporters. I like the team, the staff, everything. But I still make this decision, of which I am convinced”. With these few words, Jürgen Klopp has just caused a real earthquake across the Channel. Liverpool legend and considered one of the greatest coaches in history, the 56-year-old German technician, extended until 2026 less than two years ago, has in fact decided to stop at the end of the season , his adventure at Anfield. After six trophies gleaned – including a Premier League in 2020 thirty years after the Reds’ last league title and a Champions League in 2019 – the former architect of Borussia Dortmund will leave a huge void in the hearts of Liverpool supporters, more than never in shock.
The supporters are in shock!
The true soul of the club, the Stuttgart native, despite everything, justified his choice in a moving 25-minute video. “I’m running out of energy. I have no problems at the moment, I’m fine at the moment. But I know I couldn’t keep doing the job over and over and over again. After all these years together, all the time spent, all the trials, with all the respect and love that has grown over the years, I owed you the truth, and it is the truth., admitted the German, who will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. to detail the reasons for his decision. In the meantime, Reds fans are mourning the man who arrived eight years ago to replace Brendan Rodgers. Stunned – if not knocked out – the Liverpool lovers share their immense sadness. “We knew that this news would be a hard blow for the club, whenever it came. I just thought it would last a few more years. What a manager, what a man, let’s finish in style Jürgen!”assured in particular, the former captain of Liverpool, Jamie Carragher. “Wow, what huge news! He did an incredible job.”also reacted Gary Lineker, former Leicester and Tottenham striker, now a consultant for English TV.
A heartbreak shared by many followers of the club, like TheKop, a site specializing in Liverpool news with 129,000 subscribers on X. “We can’t believe it. Thank you for everything Jürgen, we will miss you so much. You are a legend. We’re not yet ready for your goodbyes at Anfield.”. “It’s the worst sporting moment of my life”assures a supporter while another fan mentions his “Broken Heart”. “My heart sinks. Thank you Jürgen for putting Liverpool back on top. You understood Liverpool, the club and the city perfectly.”. If this news devastates many supporters, others already seem to be looking to the future, hoping for the appointment of Xabi Alonso on the bench of the English club. Winner of the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool, the current coach of Bayer Leverkusen is, in fact, already cited by the English press as one of the main favorites to succeed Klopp. One thing is certain, it is an entire club which is today preparing to start a new cycle. And for good reason. Current assistants to the Reds manager, Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz will also leave their positions at the end of the current season.
The management of the Reds had been warned since last November…
In the process, the current leader of the English championship, still in contention in the League Cup (qualified for the final), FA Cup (qualified for the 4th round) and Europa League (qualified in the round of 16) , also confirmed the departure of sporting director, Jorg Schmadtke, at the end of the winter transfer window. The 59-year-old former Freiburg goalkeeper joined the club last June, six months after leaving the same position at Wolfsburg. If this upcoming general upheaval did not fail to shock Liverpool supporters, the management of the Reds, for its part, came out with a much more sober exit. “We would like to express our gratitude to Jorg (Jürgen Klopp, editor’s note) for the important role he has played since joining Liverpool last summer. He has made a valuable contribution, both in terms of support and guidance to our outstanding football operations department. In addition to our appreciation for his efforts, we would like to take this opportunity to offer Jorg and his family our best wishes for the future., declared, in this capacity, the president of the Fenway Sports Group, Mike Gordon. A rather calm message that can be explained behind the scenes of this surprise departure, at least for the fans.
“I informed the club in November of my decision to step down. I told the club in November.Klopp admitted to the club’s official media before continuing: “when we were sitting together and talking about potential hires, the upcoming summer internship and the possibility of going anywhere, the thought occurred to me that I’m no longer sure I’ll be here at this that moment, which surprised even me. I obviously started thinking about it. It didn’t start (at that point), but last season was very difficult and there were times when, at other clubs, the decision would have been to say: “Come on, thank you very much for everything, but maybe we should part ways here, or end this season.” That’s not what happened here, obviously. For me, it was super, super, super important that I could help get this team back on track. That’s all I was thinking about. When I understood quite quickly that it was a very good team with enormous potential, a great age group, great characters and all that, I was able to start thinking about myself again and that’s what ‘happened. It’s not what I want (to do), it’s just what I 100% think is right.”. Prepared for several weeks for the departure of its hero, the management of Liverpool will, in any case, now have to write the new lines of its history… without Jürgen Klopp.
