Jurgen Klopp will LEAVE Liverpool at the end of the season – as Reds manager reveals he is ‘running out of energy’

Jurgen Klopp has sensationally announced that he will leave as Liverpool manager at the end of the season – in a move that has shocked the football world.

The Reds manager informed the club’s ownership of his decision to stand down, having taken charge at Liverpool in 2015.

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

The 56-year-old German, who signed a new deal in April 2022 to remain as Liverpool manager until 2026, said he had told the club’s bosses about his intention to stand down back in November last year.

Jurgen Klopp statement

In a video explaining himself to Liverpool supporters, Klopp said: ‘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.

‘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 was appointed Liverpool manager 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.

Since moving to Anfield Klopp has won the Premier League, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.