Klopp Shocks Liverpool Fans As He Announces Departure At End Of Season

Klopp is the current longest serving manager in the Premier League, having joined the club in October 2015, and has won six major trophies in that time, including the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

With Liverpool leading the Premier League table, still in the Europa League and FA Cup, and a Carabao Cup final against Chelsea to come next month, Klopp could end his tenure on Merseyside with more trophies.

Klopp's contract was scheduled to run until the summer of 2026.

“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,” Klopp said in a video on Liverpool's website.

“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.”