Juergen Klopp encourages fans to embrace future after emotional finale at Liverpool

Juergen Klopp bids emotional farewell to Liverpool, urging fans to embrace change and welcome new manager Arne Slot.

Moments after the final whistle blew on Juergen Klopp's managerial career at Liverpool, the much-loved German encouraged the Anfield faithful to celebrate the moment, but embrace the future.

Klopp flashed his huge smile throughout a long address to fans after Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in Sunday's emotional Premier League season finale and even led the crowd in a song for incoming manager Arne Slot, who has enormous shoes to fill.

“Change is good,” the 56-year-old Klopp told the crowd. “And you never know exactly what to expect, but if you go with the right attitude into that, then everything will be fine.”

"What I want you to sing, I have an idea," he added, then launched loudly into: "Arne Slot! Na, na, na, na, na!" The crowd sang along.

On a day Liverpool fans had been dreading since Klopp announced in late-January he would leave at season's end, the manager sounded genuinely happy rather than heartbroken. "It doesn't feel like an end. It just feels like the start, because I saw today a football team playing full of talent, youth, creativity, desire, greed," he said.

"In these few weeks where I have had too much attention, I realised a lot of things. People say I turned them from doubters into believers. That's not true. I just said we have to. You did it. Nobody tells you to stop believing. This club is in a better moment than a long time. We have this wonderful stadium, training centre and you — the superpower of world football. Wow."

Klopp's team, who were on course to give their manager a fairytale ending before a string of bad results last month derailed their title challenge, finished the season third in the table on 82 points, nine behind winners Manchester City and seven behind second-placed Arsenal.