Liverpool's final match of the 2023/24 Premier League season will also be their last yourgen club On the touch line. The German coach is preparing to bid farewell to Anfield after eight and a half exciting years at the helm, winning every major trophy along the way.
Klopp's decision to step down was announced in January, and came as a real shock to Liverpool fans around the world. This came in a video clip posted by the club online, in which he appeared He admitted that he was “running out of energy” In his ninth season on Merseyside.
It is to explain: “I know I can't do this job over and over again. After the years we've spent together, after all the things we've been through together…the least I owe you is the truth, and that's the truth.
Feyenoord coach Arne Slott has been confirmed as a replacement, another disciple of the high-energy counter-pressing style popularized by Klopp. But while the Anfield succession is already in place, many are wondering what's next for Klopp.
Will Jurgen Klopp retire?
The German made his coaching debut with German side Mainz 05 in February 2001, and has worked every year since. After a 23-year coaching career and his own admission of feeling burned out, some have speculated that the 56-year-old may be considering retirement.
But in a recent interview Klopp explained that he will continue trainingalbeit after a break from the harsh cycle of elite sport.
“Would I work again? Of course, I know myself, I can't sit still. I'll find something else to maybe do. But I won't manage a club or a country for at least a year, it's not possible, I can't do it and I don't want to. “That's all.”
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Where will Jurgen Klopp go next?
After a successful career as a technical director Jurgen Klopp will have no shortage of suitors. He helped Mainz to promotion to the Bundesliga in his first coaching role and led them to the UEFA Cup in 2005/06. He followed this with a title-winning spell with Borussia Dortmund, whom he took to the Champions League final in 2012/13. His success at Liverpool, lifting the Champions League and Premier League, has made clear his status as one of the best managers of his generation.
However, it is difficult to know which team will provide the right player for Klopp. His past successes have been built on his ability to build affinity with supporters. He took over coaching Mainz after spending more than a decade there as a player. At Dortmund and Liverpool, he was able to tap into the passionate fan culture and workers' sensibility in the two cities.
In his last two jobs he took charge Teams that were struggling after disappointing performances. The German national team is currently, relatively speaking, in exactly this position. The Germanschaft dies He dropped to 16th in the FIFA rankings and was eliminated in the group stage in the last two World Cups. Germany will host the European Championships this summer, but will enter the tournament with low expectations, despite some improvement under the recently appointed coach. Julian Nagelsmann.
The former Bayern Munich coach has a contract that would allow him to stay until the 2026 World Cup, but his position with the national team is not secure at all. Klopp was previously the subject of interest from the German Football Association. If things don't go well for Germany this summer, don't be surprised if the German Football Association comes knocking on Jurgen Klopp's door again.
