Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool, a prestigious club in the English Premier League, to which Japanese national team player Wataru Endo belongs, has announced that he will be retiring at the end of this season, citing ``I'm running out of energy.'' The sudden announcement of a famous general who has won many titles and has close ties to Japanese players has been met with surprise.
Manager Klopp is a 56-year-old German player who is known as a great general who excels in offensive tactics that press opponents in possession of the ball from the front, as well as his ability to control the hearts of his players by drawing out their players' abilities through energetic speech and deeds.
After leading Dortmund in the German First Division to successive victories, in 2015 he became the manager of Liverpool, a prestigious team in the English Premier League, and won the European Champions League in 2019, winning the domestic league that he had been away from for 30 years. He also won the title.
The club is still in the lead this season, but on the 26th, manager Klopp announced on his official website, ``I'm running out of energy. I can't do this job over and over again.'' did.
His sudden retirement announcement was widely reported in the British media, and people in his hometown of Liverpool expressed their disbelief.
Manager Klopp also highly rates Japanese players, having acquired Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund and Takumi Minamino and Wataru Endo from Liverpool, so this announcement came as a surprise even from Japanese soccer fans. Masu.