Jurgen Klopp hints he could remain at Liverpool past 2024 if he has the energy

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits he could stay at the Premier League club beyond 2024 if he still has the energy for top-level management.

The German’s current deal expires in two years and, when he signed the extension in 2019, he said he wanted to “leave the club in a better place”.

But he has left open the possibility of renewing his stay, which has so far brought Champions League, Premier League, Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and – most recently – Carabao Cup success to Anfield since 2015.

“If I have the energy levels for it. It is is important. I love what I do,” he said.

“At the moment I am full of energy but we have – I have to – make sure that is the case.

“I don’t want to sit around and be more tired than not and think ‘Wow, why is everyone bothered about the things out there because I couldn’t care less?’

“But I’ve told you a couple of times, there must be something else out there in the world to be honest apart from always thinking about very well properly skilled, good-looking, fantastically nice players.

“But I really don’t think about it. My future will be OK. I don’t have to plan. I could book last minute – let’s put it like this.

“The plan is things will be good, it will be fine whenever it will be after I leave. The plan is at the moment to do 2024 thank you very much.”

Klopp may be managing the best Liverpool squad since the greats of the mid-1980s but he insists that the quest for more trophies will not have any bearing on a decision about his future.

“If I decide to leave in 2024, it is nothing to do with the quality of the squad: ‘My God, I have to manage them’ or ‘Oh my God, I’d better stop managing them’ (as they are not as good),” he added.

“It’s nothing to do with that. All we do is for the