I might not manage again after Liverpool – Jurgen Klopp،
Jurgen Klopp sowed doubt over whether he would take another job following his shock decision to leave Liverpool on Friday, but revealed his intention to never manage another club in England.
Klopp, who will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, has won seven major trophies during his 8 1/2 years in charge, and his side are in contention to win all four major trophies available to them during this campaign.
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“If you asked me now if I would ever do it again? I would say no.” » said Klopp. “But you obviously don't know that because I've never had this situation. But I know for sure that I will never manage any other club in England than Liverpool. It's impossible.
“I'll find something else to do. But I won't manage a club or country for at least a year.”
Klopp, 56, replaced Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager in 2015 and revitalized a team that struggled to compete with England's top teams.
The German manager won the Champions League in 2019 – his first trophy with Liverpool – before winning the team's first Premier League title in 2020.
Klopp's decision to step down on Friday surprised the football world, not least because the coach had signed a contract extension in 2022 that was due to expire at the end of the 2025-26 season.
Bayern Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel expressed his shock at Klopp's decision to leave Liverpool during a press conference on Friday.
“I have to digest this first. (…) Kloppo is one of the best coaches in the world, he has always managed to influence the clubs he has worked in. This is big news,” Tuchel said .
Klopp had the toughest season of his tenure in charge of Liverpool last season, finishing fifth in the Premier League and missing out on qualification for the Champions League.
But Liverpool have returned to prominence this season and are top of the Premier League table while remaining in contention to win the Europa League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
“I already told the club in November,” Klopp said. “I have to explain a little bit that maybe the work that I do, people see from the outside, I'm on the touchline and in training sessions and stuff like that, but the majority of it that's happening is happening around this stuff. That means a season starts and you're already pretty much planning for the next season.
“When we were sitting together talking about potential signings, the upcoming summer camp and the possibility of going anywhere, the thought came: 'I'm not sure I'll be here at this point anymore ', and I myself was surprised by this. I'm obviously starting to think about this.
“It hasn't started [then], but of course last season was a very difficult season and there were times where at other clubs the decision would probably have been: 'Come on, thank you very much for everything but we should probably part ways here, or in finish here.' 'That obviously didn't happen here.
“For me, it was super, super, super important to be able to help get this team back on track. That was all I was thinking about. When I realized pretty early on that this had happened, it was a really good team with huge potential and a great age group and great characters and all that, so I was able to start thinking about myself again and that was the result. That's not what I want [do]That’s exactly what I believe to be 100 percent true.”
