No other English club ever – Jurgen Klopp vows not to manage Liverpool’s rivals
Jurgen Klopp has promised he will never manage another English club after he leaves Liverpool in the summer (Carl Markham/PA)
Jurgen Klopp has promised Liverpool fans he will never manage another English club after he leaves Anfield in the summer “even if he has nothing to eat”.
The 56-year-old German has shocked the football world by announcing he will stand down as Reds boss after nearly nine years in charge at the end of the season, having steered the club to six major trophies including the Premier League title in 2020 and the Champions League in 2019.
At a press conference on Friday he also:
:: Said he would play no part in choosing his successor.:: Insisted he would not make a U-turn on his decision to quit as Sir Alex Ferguson once did at Manchester United.:: Talked about how he could not sustain the energy levels needed for top-level management beyond this season, insisting “you have to be the best version of yourself”.
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Klopp allayed any concerns among Liverpool fans that he could return to manage one of their rivals.
“Whatever will happen in the future I don’t know now, but no club, no country, for the next year, and no other English club ever,” he said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.
“I can promise that, even if I have nothing to eat that will not happen.”
Speculation has already turned to who could succeed Klopp at Anfield, with Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso – a former Reds midfielder – installed as the early bookmakers’ favourite.
Alonso insisted on Friday his focus was solely on his current
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