Jurgen Klopp could take a break from football after announcing his decision to leave Liverpool.
Friday’s surprise announcement that the 56-year-old German coach is heading toward new horizons this summer comes after a brief warning that even caused him to contemplate his future.
Klopp has now spoken about his reduced power in the paints and his tension and tension after more than 8 years on the bench at Anfield.
The Bayer Leverkusen boss
After leaving the German giants, he took three months off before being recruited by Liverpool following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers.
However, his previous comments suggest that he will take more time in this case and will likely take a sabbatical and retire on the horizon.
Speaking to German media outlet SportBuzzer in August 2020, he said: “I’ll take a year off and ask myself if I miss football. If I say no, it will be the end of manager Jurgen Klopp.
“If one day I am no longer a coach, there is one thing I will not miss: the brutal tension immediately before the game.”
He backed up those comments in a later interview with Einfach Fussbal: “When I leave Liverpool, I won’t take a new job the next day. That’s for sure. I will take a one-year break after Liverpool.”
Travelling around the world to watch football while still compatible and healthy is something Klopp could devote his free time to, as he told German podcast Matthias Hielscher last summer.
“I’m under contract with Liverpool until 2026,” he said. “And I want to see that out, then take a gap year. That could be the end, but who knows how I’ll feel after a year?
“That’s why I leave the door open. I would love to travel, but not just go in a wheelchair or walk with a cane. I can watch football from anywhere. That’s why I probably wouldn’t do this job. forever. . . “
Klopp has been connected in the past with Bayern Munich and Germany’s coaching posts, but neither are open at the moment, with Thomas Tuchel recently ensconced in Bavaria and Julian Nagelsmann preparing to lead his country as hosts of Euro 2024.
The possibility of returning to England with another club is out of the question.
“If you ask me, ‘Are you going to apply for coaching again?’Now I would say no,” he said at the club on Friday.
“But clearly I don’t know how it’s going to turn out because I’ve never been in this situation. What I do know for sure is that I will never, ever manage any other club in England other than Liverpool, a hundred consistently. ” with cent. That is not possible. My love for this club, my respect for others is too great. I could not. I couldn’t think about it for a second. No chance.
“It’s part of my life, we’re part of the family, we feel at home here. There’s no way to do that. But everything else, will I ever paint again?Of course, I know myself, I can’t sit idly by “Maybe I’ll find something else to do. But I wouldn’t possibly manage a club or a country for at least a year, it’s not possible, I can’t do this and I don’t need to. That’s it. “
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