Jurgen Klopp sees history repeat itself after Liverpool shock announcement

As Jurgen Klopp’s tenure as Liverpool manager nears its end, there are parallels between how his time at Borussia Dortmund unfolded.

The German announced his decision to leave Anfield at the end of the season back in January, declaring that he was ‘running out of energy’.

At a press conference explaining his decision to leave, he said: “My managerial skills are based on energy and emotion and that takes all of you and needs all of you. I am who I am and where I am because of how I am, with all the good and bad things, and if I cannot do it any more, stop it.

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“You have to be the best version of yourself, especially for a club like Liverpool. I cannot do it on three wheels, it is not allowed, and I have never wanted to be a passenger.”

It was a similar story for Klopp when he announced his decision to step down as Dortmund manager back in April 2015.

“I have always said that the day I feel that I am no longer the perfect coach for this extraordinary club I will say that,” he said. “That is something I have thought about in every phase here at Dortmund and decided in the last few weeks, days, that I was no longer able to be absolutely sure about that.”

No longer feeling 100% capable of doing the job, Klopp is again walking away.

He intends to take a year sabbatical from football when he leaves Liverpool this summer, as was his intention when leaving Dortmund nine years ago. Given the Reds lured the German to Anfield after only a five-month break, only time will tell if the now 56-year-old can again be tempted back into management prematurely.

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