Jurgen Klopp shocks football world by revealing he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season as he is 'running out of energy' despite his side battling it out on all four fronts

Jurgen Klopp revealed the shocking news after saying he had 'ran out of energy'
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By Lewis Steele and Oli Gamp For Mailonline

Jurgen Klopp has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season - bringing down the curtain on nine years in English football.

The German boss revealed the news on Friday morning in an interview with the club's website, saying he is 'running out of energy' after winning the Premier League, Champions League, the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

'I will leave the club at the end of the season,' he 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.

Jurgen Klopp has shocked football by revealing he will step down as Liverpool boss at the end of the season

Klopp has turned Liverpool into a European powerhouse over the last decade, winning seven trophies - including the Champions League in 2019

The German claimed he was stepping down because he has 'ran out of energy' after an emotional and passion-fuelled spell at Anfield

'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's assistants Pep Lijnders and Peter Krawietz will also leave in the summer - with the former looking to move into management

The 56-year-old said he had informed the club of his decision to step down in November - and that he revealed it while discussing transfer targets for next summer.

'When we sat there together talking about potential signings, the next summer camp and can we go wherever, the thought came up, 'I am not sure I am here then anymore' and I was surprised myself by that,' he said.

The president of Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group expressed their gratitude towards Klopp for his achievements at the club and said plans were already underway to ensure the Reds succeed when the German has departed.

Klopp won the clean sweep of every trophy available during his time in English football

'First and foremost, on behalf of John Henry and Tom Werner, I would like to state our profound appreciation for Jurgen,' said Mike Gordon.

'It goes without saying that we will be hugely saddened to lose not just a manager of such calibre, but a person and leader for whom we have enormous respect, gratitude and affection. At the same time, we fully respect his wishes and the reasons why he has decided the current season will be his last at Liverpool.

'Our priority now is two-fold. First, to ensure that the progress that has been made on the pitch this season is maintained in the final months of the campaign. Second, to continue the due diligence behind the scenes which will allow our football operations department to adapt to a future without Jurgen.'

Club legend Jamie Carragher led the tributes towards Klopp on Friday, calling it a 'body blow' as he hailed the German's remarkable achievements.

The 56-year-old joined Liverpool in 2015 after leaving Dortmund and was tasked with overhauling an underachieving side

'This news was always going to be a body blow to the club whenever it came. I just thought it would be another few years away. What a manager, what a man, let’s go out with a bang Jurgen!'

Klopp took over Liverpool in 2015 from Brendan Rodgers, tasked with overhauling a struggling side that had come close to winning trophies, but had often fallen short.

He had to be patient for his first piece of silverware - which came in 2019 as his side beat Tottenham in the Champions League final.

One year later, he led his team to their first Premier League title win in 30 years as they romped to victory with 99 points to see off their bitter rivals Man City.

The Club World Cup and UEFA Super cup followed and in the 2021-22 season his side won the double of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

Klopp became renowned for his passionate displays on the touchline, bust-ups with rival managers, snappy retorts at journalists and often hilarious moments and displays of his lighter side in press conferences.

He was also a vocal critic of the Premier League's notoriously jam-packed fixture schedule - and would never hold back if he felt his team had been on the wrong end of a bad refereeing or VAR call.

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JURGEN KLOPP FULL STATEMENT

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.

I told the club already in November. I have to explain a little bit that maybe the job I do people see from the outside, I’m on the touchline and in training sessions and stuff like this, but the majority of all the things happen around these kind of things. That means a season starts and you plan pretty much the next season already.

When we sat there together talking about potential signings, the next summer camp and can we go wherever, the thought came up, ‘I am not sure I am here then anymore’ and I was surprised myself by that. I obviously start thinking about it.

It didn’t start [then], but of course last season was kind of a super-difficult season and there were moments when at other clubs probably the decision would have been, ‘Come on, thank you very much for everything but probably we should split here, or end it here.’ That didn’t happen here, obviously.

For me it was super, super, super-important that I can help to bring this team back onto the rails. It was all I was thinking about.

When I realised pretty early that happened, it’s a really good team with massive potential and a super age group, super characters and all that, then I could start thinking about myself again and that was the outcome. It is not what I want to [do], it is just what I think is 100 per cent right.

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