Jurgen Klopp has clarified that his departure from Liverpool this summer does not mean he is retiring from football for good.
The German is set to take a break from the game once he exits Anfield and had hinted upon his shock announcement that there is no guarantee that he will step into the dugout again, and certainly not in England.
Speaking at the time, the 56-year-old said: “If you ask me, ‘Will you ever work as a manager again?’ I would say now no. But I don’t know obviously how that will feel because I never had the situation."
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However, he also added: “But all the rest, will I ever work again? Of course, I know myself, I cannot just sit around. I will find something else maybe to do. But I will not manage a club or a country at least for a year, that’s not possible, I cannot do that and I don’t want to. That’s all.”
Links have already been made to the Germany national team position with interim head coach Julian Nagelsmann ending his temporary term at the conclusion of Euro 2024 this summer.
Klopp, who leaves Merseyside after nearly nine years, has now indicated that his exit from Liverpool will not signal the end of his career but admitted he does not know what the future holds beyond his sabbatical period.
He told Sky Sports: “So I think some other people used that word [retirement] when I had my announcement and I thought that’s the right way to say it… I just step aside here, so that’s the idea. I don’t know what is happening after.”
Klopp is gearing up for his final Premier League encounter with Manchester City and Pep Guardiola in Sunday’s title showdown
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