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'A shock': Klopp to stand down as Liverpool manager at end of season

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Klopp, who has returned Liverpool to one of European football's powerhouses since taking over at Anfield in 2015, said the decision to leave was one "I have to take".

The German led Liverpool to their first league title for 30 years in 2020 and to Champions League glory in 2019. Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League and the 56-year-old will be hoping to go out on a high by winning the title again. "I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time," Klopp said in an interview on Liverpool's website. “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.

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