 "Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season")
Jurgen Klopp has decided to leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Friday. Klopp, who led Liverpool into the final of the League Cup on Wednesday, had informed the club’s hierarchy that he would end his eight-and-a-half years at Anfield at the end of the current campaign. Assistant managers Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz are also leaving the club at the same time, Liverpool said. “It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy,” Klopp, 56, said on Liverpool’s website. “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. “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.”
Klopp has restored Liverpool to one of European football’s powerhouses since taking over at Anfield in 2015. He said the decision was taken after realising his “resources are not endless”. The German plans to take at least a year’s sabbatical and promised to Liverpool fans that he will never coach another English club. Klopp led Liverpool to their first league title for 30 years in 2020 and to Champions League glory in 2019 among seven trophies during his time at Anfield. He could add a few more in the coming months as he aims to go out on a high. Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League, face Chelsea in the League Cup final next month and are still involved in the FA Cup and Europa League. Klopp said he had taken the decision in November when discussions with the club about potential signings for next season began.