Having helped the Reds reach the Carabao Cup final at Wembley in midweek, the boss made the announcement that he is to depart his post at the conclusion of 2023-24.
The news comes after eight-and-a-half outstandingly successful years at the helm – and with four trophies still to contest before the campaign is up, Klopp wants everyone to pull together in attempt to write another successful chapter in his team’s story.
I will leave the club at the end of the season. I can understand that that’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. 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. That’s it, pretty much.