Liverpool fans were hit with a major bombshell on Friday morning with the news that Jurgen Klopp is to vacate his role as manager at the end of this season.
A tweet from the club announced: “Jürgen Klopp has announced his decision to step down as #LFC manager at the end of the season, having informed the club’s ownership of his wish to leave his position in the summer.”
Jürgen Klopp has announced his decision to step down as #LFC manager at the end of the season, having informed the club’s ownership of his wish to leave his position in the summer.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024
It was also confirmed on LFC’s official website that assistant managers Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz, plus elite development coach Vitor Matos, will also leave their roles at the end of the season, with the former seeking to pursue his own career in management.
Klopp’s existing contract at Anfield had been due to run until 2026, so this morning’s news comes as a seismic shock to Liverpool fans, and to the footballing world in general.
Just as Bill Shankly and Sir Kenny Dalglish stunned us all when they called time on their spells in charge of the Reds, it seemed that nobody was prepared for today’s announcement.
The 56-year-old has attributed his intentions to leave at the end of the season due to him ‘running out of energy’, but he admitted that he’d informed senior figures at the club of his plans as far back as November (liverpoolfc.com).
Having ended Liverpool’s 30-year wait for a league title, won the Champions League, delivered the Reds’ first Club World Cup and won a succession of domestic trophies, along with putting up a sustained challenge to a dominant Manchester City team, Klopp will depart as one of the greatest figures in Anfield history.
As hard as it seems to believe, the job of replacing him now begins. Good luck to whoever comes next; they’ll have one extremely hard act to follow.
It’s more than a body blow, it’s the worst possible news.
Why sign a new contract recently, then suddenly change your mind? Klopp only recently said he was looking forward to the challenge, building a new Liverpool team. He was full of enthusiasm and energy.
The supporters never get the truth, what has happened behind the scenes with FSG, after Liverpool failed to get champions league football last season.
Endless players being sold, hardy any investment from charlatan owners FSG, who haven’t exactly backed the manager. Just look at the net spend.
It was inevitable. Klopp has carried FSG. He’s had enough.
No doubt Barcelona have been in contact with certain people associated with klopp. He’s been offered the job. They’ve been trying to get klopp for a while.
They’ve got him.
Liverpool are now finished as a football club without klopp, with charlatan owners FSG who don’t spend.
Liverpool will sink without a trace. All the clueless FSG fanboys are to blame.
Whoever is the next manager, he’ll inherit the same problems. Charlatan owners FSG who don’t spend.
What did Liverpool win before klopp under FSG. Enough said.
So bright and optimistic!!!!????? Are you an actual Red’s Fan????
Liverpool fans were hit with a major bombshell on Friday morning with the news that Jurgen Klopp is to vacate his role as manager at the end of this season.
TOLD YOU SO!!!……KLOPP WILL NEVER BUILD HIS OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL LEGACY AT LIVERPOOL UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF FSG, NEVER!! I SAID THIS EARLIER DURING THE WEEK, AND HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS IN OTHER PLATFORMS OVER TIME!! FSG ARE NOT THE RIGHT OWNERS FOR LFC, AND THE CLUB HAS MISSED OUT BIG TIME ON A MANAGER WHO COULD HAVE DONE A FERGIE FOR IT!! HE MUST GO TO REAL MADRID WHERE HE WILL GET THE BACKING AND SUPPORT HE DESERVES, AND SEAL HIS LEGACY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MANAGERS FOOTBALL HAS EVER SEEN!! THIS IS FSG’S FAULT AND LIVERPOOL ARE THE BIG LOSERS!!
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