Klopp rules out U-turn; won't help pick own Liverpool successor - ESPN

Jurgen Klopp has said he will not help Liverpool identify his successor at Anfield after confirming plans to step down from his post as manager at the end of this season.

Klopp, 56, signed a four-year contract extension in 2022 that would have tied him to the club until the end of the 2025-26 season, but having taken charge of the team in October 2015, the former Borussia Dortmund coach said his decision to resign was due to him no longer having the energy to do the job.

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Speaking at a news conference at Liverpool's training ground Friday after revealing his decision to quit hours earlier, Klopp said nothing between now and the end of the season could prompt him to reconsider his decision to leave.

But despite his success in transforming Liverpool during his eight-year spell in charge, which includes winning both the Premier League and the Champions League, Klopp said he will have no input in the club's search for a new manager.

«No, why should I?» Klopp said. «The last thing they need is advice from the old man walking out who tells them: 'By the way, make sure you bring him in.'

»I will definitely not do that. You know for most of the things I have an opinion, and you will not believe that for most I still didn't say everything and I have no problem with that.

«I wish for the future of this club the very, very, very best and for now I am still here and can help them to achieve the best possible.

»In this world you have a few, in football especially, a few faces and most of the time it is the manager of the club and people like [CEO Billy Hogan] or others who do an incredible job you don't see that often.