Klopp admits next season would have been 'tricky' if he had stayed at Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp believes that if he had not made the shock decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the club would have struggled next year.

The 56-year-old has just three matches left as the Reds manager after nine years at the helm on Merseyside.

Back in January, Klopp surprised the footballing world by announcing that he would be leaving Liverpool come the end of the current campaign.

It doesn't seem Klopp is going to get the fairytale ending of a Premier League title after a major drop in form from the Reds, and Klopp doesn't think next season would have been any smoother if he was to stay at the club.

'The football hasn't been great the last few weeks, and as a result you start hearing people say that I look really tired. I'm just old,' said Klopp in an interview with Sky  Sports.

'I'm about being in it 100 per cent until the last day. That was always the plan. I was sure that if I didn't make that decision now, next year it could have been tricky. The thought of picking yourself up for another pre-season, make big decisions.

'For that, you really need to be full of energy. 80 per cent is not enough. That's the truth. It's too much. It's a 24/7 job. Yes, there are more important things in life, but if you really care then it's 24/7.

'I did it for a pretty long time and I knew I couldn't continue to do it at the standard necessary for a club like Liverpool.'

With Klopp in the dugout, Liverpool have won their fair share of domestically. They reigned supreme in the Premier League in 2020, have won the FA Cup, and triumphed twice in the Carabao Cup - including this campaign.

They also won the Champions League in 2019, and in the same year secured  the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.

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