The 56-year-old Jurgen Klopp will draw curtains to his glorious eight-and-a-half-year managerial era at Liverpool. Under Klopp, the club won six major trophies.

New Delhi: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will be leaving the Premier League giants at the end of the ongoing season. The former Borussia Dortmund manager had already informed the club’s owners about his decision to step down from his position when the 2023-24 season comes to an end. Liverpool are currently placed on top of the EPL table with 48 points from 21 games.

Along with Klopp, assistant managers Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz, as well as elite development coach Vitor Matos, will also leave the club at the end of the season. Klopp stated that he running out of energy

“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,” he told Liverpoolfc.com. “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.

A message to Liverpool supporters from Jürgen Klopp. pic.twitter.com/l7rtmxgOzt

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 26, 2024

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,” he added.

Klopp joined the Reds in October 2015 with an aim to establish Liverpool as one of the potent forces in European football. Under his guidance, Liverpool won UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Super Cup, as well as the FA Community Shield.

With the season still to go until May, Liverpool have a lot of trophies to chase in four competitions. Klopp ensured that he will put his best foot forward till his final game in charge.

Earlier, Klopp had signed a two-year contract extension in April 2022, that would keep the German in the club till 2026. While the race to find the right candidate to replace Klopp will surely start soon, former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is likely to be the frontrunner. Alonso is currently the head coach of Bayer Leverkusen in Bundesliga.