Jürgen Klopp to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of the current season.

Jürgen Klopp, considered one of the greatest managers in world soccer, has announced that he will step down from his position as Liverpool’s head coach at the end of the current season. Since joining the English Premier League side in 2015, Klopp has guided the club from years of heartbreak back to the pinnacle of European soccer – notably winning a UEFA Champions League title and Liverpool’s first league title in 30 years. His “heavy metal” style of play – a term Klopp himself used to describe a form of soccer that is in-your-face, intense and based around quick counterattacking play – brought the good times back to a club which was in desperate need of a new direction. “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 told the club’s media department. “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.” The announcement came as a shock to Liverpool fans who had fallen in love with Klopp during his energetic and charismatic reign in charge.