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Breaking: Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, on Friday, January 26, 2024, announced he is leaving the club at the end of the season.

Klopp, who will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. on Friday, said he is “running out of energy”.

Speaking in an emotional video shared by Liverpool on its X account on Friday, Klopp said: “I will leave the club at the end of the season.

“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.

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“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.”

Klopp has won six trophies with the club, including the Premier League title in 2020 and the Champions League trophy the year before.

Liverpool currently lead the Premier League and reached the Carabao Cup final in midweek, while they are still in the Europa League and the FA Cup.

Klopp signed a two-year extension to his contract at Anfield in April 2022, which was scheduled to keep him at the club until 2026.

The 56-year-old was appointed Liverpool manager in succession to Brendan Rodgers in October 2015, having forged his reputation at Borussia Dortmund.

Under him, Dortmund won back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012 and he took them to the 2013 Champions League final, where they lost to Bayern Munich at Wembley.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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