Jurgen Klopp would not confirm whether he intends to call time on his managerial career, but he did rule out the possibility of ever managing another club in the Premier League when he leaves his post at Liverpool this summer.
The German sent shockwaves through the football world on Friday morning when he made his landslide announcement that he will depart the Reds at the end of the current campaign.
Klopp joined Liverpool back in 2015, inheriting an ailing side from Brendan Rodgers, and transformed the Reds into European and domestic champions, but will vacate his chair to a new manager for the first time in almost a decade.
Liverpool are currently in the running for four different trophies, and will be desperate to give their iconic manager a trophy-laden send off when his reign at the helm comes to an end.
While speculation will naturally mount as the football world tries to guess his next move, one thing remains clear - he will not be returning to England by his own admission.
'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.
'What I know definitely – I will never, ever manage a different club in England than Liverpool.'
Klopp has risen through the ranks to be considered one of the finest managers in the game after the work he has done at Liverpool.
With his side once again flying at the top of the Premier League table, his revelation on Friday perhaps comes as a surprise, with few managers able to quit while at the top.
Sir Alex Ferguson managed to win the title in his final campaign with Manchester United, and no doubt the German will be looking to emulate the achievement.
On announcing his departure, he said: 'I can
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