Jurgen Klopp to step down as Liverpool manager at end of season

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will step down at the end of the season.

The 56-year-old said on Friday that he had informed the club’s ownership of his decision to stand down, having first taken charge at Anfield in 2015.

Klopp has won six major honours in that time, including the Premier League title in 2020 – the club's first for 30 years – and the Champions League trophy the year before.

“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”, said Klopp.

“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. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.

“After the years we had together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, the respect grew for you, the love grew for you and the least I owe you is the truth – and that is the truth.”

“Let’s squeeze everything out of this season and have another thing to smile about when we look back in the future.”

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Klopp followed Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool boss in October 2015, having built his reputation at Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Under his leadership, Dortmund won back-to-back German titles in 2011 and