Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool coach since 2015, announced on Friday January 26 his departure from the club at the end of the season. “It's because I'm, how can I put it, short of energy,” declared the 56-year-old coach, winner of six major trophies in more than eight years with the Reds, to justify his surprise announcement.
His deputies Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz will also leave their positions at the end of the current season, said the current leader of the English championship, still in contention in the League Cup (qualified for the final), Coupe d England (qualified for the 4th round) and Europa League (qualified for the round of 16).
Jürgen Klopp clarified that he had informed the club's owners in November.
"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 wasn't sure I was here anymore, this which surprised even me,” he said in an interview with the club’s official website.
Since his arrival on October 8, 2015, Liverpool have won six major trophies, including the Champions League in 2019 and the English championship in 2020, thirty years after the Reds' last Premier League title.
With AFP
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