{"id":1339052,"date":"2024-01-26T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1339052"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:27:39","slug":"jurgen-klopp-leaving-liverpool-reaction-next-manager","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jurgen-klopp-leaving-liverpool-reaction-next-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet reacts as Jurgen Klopp announces Liverpool exit: &#8220;A body blow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After eight-and-a-half years, the search is on to find Liverpool&#8217;s next manager after Jurgen Klopp announced his decision to leave the club at the end of the 2023\/24 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The German has been at the helm at Anfield since October 2015 and has led the club to a host of honours since, including the UEFA Champions League, Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Super Cup, as well as the FA Community Shield.<\/p>\n<p>However, Klopp announced on Friday that he will step away from the role despite his &#8216;love&#8217; for Liverpool and their supporters, citing &#8216;running out of energy&#8217; as the main reason behind his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can understand that it\u2019s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it \u2013 or at least try to explain it,&#8221; Klopp told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/jurgen-klopp-announces-decision-step-down-liverpool-manager-end-season\">Liverpoolfc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff. I love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">J\u00fcrgen Klopp has announced his decision to step down as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a> manager at the end of the season, having informed the club\u2019s ownership of his wish to leave his position in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1750830869638422719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the years we had together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, the respect grew for you, the love grew for you and the least I owe you is the truth \u2013 and that is the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an extended interview with Liverpool&#8217;s official website, Klopp revealed he&#8217;d informed the club of his decision back in November, but that he found it important to help them &#8216;back onto the rails&#8217; after a disappointing campaign in 2022\/23, with the Reds missing out on Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t start [then], but of course last season was kind of a super-difficult season and there were moments when at other clubs probably the decision would have been, \u2018Come on, thank you very much for everything but probably we should split here, or end it here.\u2019 That didn\u2019t happen here, obviously,&#8221; Klopp added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was super, super, super-important that I can help to bring this team back onto the rails. It was all I was thinking about. When I realised pretty early that happened, it\u2019s a really good team with massive potential and a super age group, super characters and all that, then I could start thinking about myself again and that was the outcome. It is not what I want to [do], it is just what I think is 100 per cent right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klopp, now 56 years old, has hinted that he may never manage again at all. At the very least, he has stated he will &#8216;never&#8217; manage another English club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you ask me, \u2018Will you ever work as a manager again?\u2019 I would say now no,&#8221; he said, adding: &#8220;But I don\u2019t know obviously how that will feel because I never had the situation. What I know definitely \u2013 I will never, ever manage a different club in England than Liverpool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of Klopp&#8217;s announcement, Liverpool still have the chance of winning a historic quadruple, sitting top of the Premier League table while safely through to the League Cup final and battling on in the FA Cup and Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Klopp, Pepijn Lijnders, Peter Krawietz and Vitor Matos will all depart Liverpool at the end of the current season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have also announced another change, with sporting director Jorg Schmadtke to leave his role following the conclusion of the current January transfer window. Schmadtke only arrived at Anfield last June having performed similar roles in German football with Wolfsburg, FC K\u00f6ln, Hannover and Alemannia Aachen.<\/p>\n<p>Fenway Sports Group president Mike Gordon said: \u201cWe would like to place on record our gratitude to Jorg for the important role he has played since joining Liverpool last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has made a valuable contribution, both in terms of the support he provided to J\u00fcrgen Klopp and the assistance and guidance given to our outstanding football operations department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well as departing with our appreciation for his efforts, we would also like to take this opportunity to offer Jorg and his family our very best wishes for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmadtke said: \u201cLiverpool is a very special club so to have had the opportunity to work here has been a huge honour for me, even though I knew from the outset that it would only be for a short period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank everyone \u2013 the owners, manager, staff, players and fans \u2013 for the support I have been given and offer my best wishes for the rest of this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool: Reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Having established himself as one of the greatest managers ever to grace English football, the reaction to Klopp&#8217;s decision was obviously strong and laced with emotion, especially from Liverpool supporters and players who worked under him at the club. Jamie Carragher, for example, was shocked by the timing of the decision, which he was confident was still years into the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This news was always going to be a body blow to the club whenever it came. <br \/>I just thought it would be another few years away. <br \/>What a manager, what a man, let\u2019s go out with a bang Jurgen! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ajw372IEWX\">https:\/\/t.co\/ajw372IEWX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carra23\/status\/1750835085601890744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other prominent Liverpool supporters and journalists spoke of their &#8216;devastation&#8217; at the news of Klopp&#8217;s departure, praising the German&#8217;s personality and managerial ability.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t even know where to begin with this one. For once I\u2019m lost for words. All I\u2019ll say is that J\u00fcrgen Klopp is a better human being than he is a football manager &#8211; and that\u2019s saying something in itself, because I think he\u2019s the best football manager in the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vt1UNTg3o6\">pic.twitter.com\/Vt1UNTg3o6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamie Webster (@JamieWebster94) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamieWebster94\/status\/1750841065312071737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No words to encapsulate the magnitude of what Klopp has done for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a>. Completely revolutionised the club &amp; reinvigorated a fanbase from stem to stern. Given us the time of our lives. Inspiring leader &amp; an unbelievable legacy &#8211; imperative we see him off on a high. Devastated.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leanne Prescott (@_lfcleanne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_lfcleanne\/status\/1750837520286265616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We HAVE to win the Premier League now. <\/p>\n<p>All or Nothing, for Jurgen Klopp. \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ODw9gmt0M\">pic.twitter.com\/0ODw9gmt0M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samuel (@SamueILFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamueILFC\/status\/1750839909735108738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fellow German manager Thomas Tuchel &#8212; currently in charge of Bayern Munich &#8212; also had his say on Klopp&#8217;s departure, hailing his compatriot &#8216;one of the very best&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thomas Tuchel on Klopp&#39;s decision to leave Liverpool: &quot;I have to digest that first, I can&#39;t say anything at the moment. Kloppo is one of the very best coaches in the world, he has always managed to influence the clubs where he worked. It&#39;s big news&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUjE0Q7a3d\">pic.twitter.com\/cUjE0Q7a3d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bayern &amp; Germany (@iMiaSanMia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1750845824475533590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, attention quickly turned to who might replace Klopp in the Anfield dugout.<\/p>\n<p>Lijnders himself is among the favourites as he looks to pursue his own career in management, while former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is an obvious name in the hat.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s Gerrard&#8217;s former midfield partner, Xabi Alonso, who is the favourite, both among oddsmakers and supporters &#8212; and a worrying prospect for rival fans. The Spaniard is currently turning heads across Europe with his exciting and inventive Bayer Leverkusen side sitting four points clear of Bayern Munich atop the Bundesliga table, unbeaten after 18 games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This season, Xabi Alonso&#39;s Bayer Leverkusen became the first team in German football history to remain unbeaten after the first 25 games of a campaign across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The heir to J\u00fcrgen Klopp&#39;s Liverpool throne? ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QPiNSqsMEf\">pic.twitter.com\/QPiNSqsMEf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1750842181777072464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the consensus on X is anything to go by, Alonso is the number one choice to replace Klopp.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There shouldn\u2019t even be this conversation yet, but it\u2019s already starting and I suppose you can\u2019t really stop it from happening, people will always immediately look to what\u2019s next and I\u2019m about to join in so I\u2019m a hypocrite.<\/p>\n<p>The only answer is Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Rowe (@adamrowecomedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamrowecomedy\/status\/1750839426467442984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xabi Alonso, you know what to do. <\/p>\n<p>Send that CV to Liverpool IMMEDIATELY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnJ6XKTVZo\">pic.twitter.com\/OnJ6XKTVZo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JEM \u30b8\u30a7\u30e0 (@WOLFE3YY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WOLFE3YY\/status\/1750832481073349001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xabi Alonso to Liverpool might be the most obvious managerial appointment I could possibly think of. <\/p>\n<p>Historically, stylistically, sentimentally \u2014 it\u2019s perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neal ?? (@NealGardner_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NealGardner_\/status\/1750834606209925159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bayern, Real Madrid get rid of your managers NOW and get Xabi Alonso. Pool\u2019s succession plan is too bait<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; A1 ?? (@A1ZH4RY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A1ZH4RY\/status\/1750833490147369216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liverpool are going to take Xabi Alonso now, aren&#39;t they?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ??? ???? ? (@TheEuropeanLad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEuropeanLad\/status\/1750833436326084860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Klopp leaving means two terrible things. We\u2019re losing the final AND they\u2019re getting Xabi Alonso <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iUgZJMc5KK\">pic.twitter.com\/iUgZJMc5KK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#8211; (@MauricioPanini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MauricioPanini\/status\/1750832030328185100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They&#39;re going to get Xabi Alonso, aren&#39;t they?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; h (@htomufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/htomufc\/status\/1750832317113766276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xabi Alonso has a release clause in his contract that allows him to leave Bayer Leverkusen for Liverpool or Real Madrid. The release clause becomes active this summer! ?? <\/p>\n<p>[BILD] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2QHFUq0PN\">pic.twitter.com\/g2QHFUq0PN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Anfield Buzz (@TheAnfieldBuzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAnfieldBuzz\/status\/1750838571693453394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Next Permanent Liverpool Manager Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"background-color: #e13f35\" colspan=\"3\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><b>Next permanent Liverpool manager<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"background-color: #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><b>Sky Bet<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Ruben Amorim<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4\/6<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Roberto De Zerbi<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5\/1<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Julian Nagelsmann<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>7\/1<\/b><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><b>Xabi Alonso<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8\/1<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Pep Lijnders<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>14\/1<\/b><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Ange Postecolgu<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18\/1<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Thomas Tuchel<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20\/1<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Roger Schmidt<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #e13f35;text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22\/1<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h5><strong><em>You have to be 18+ to gamble. UK only. All odds within this article are accurate at the time of writing (14:30, 29\/03\/2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Be Gamble Aware<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After eight-and-a-half years, the search is on to find Liverpool&#8217;s next manager after Jurgen Klopp announced his decision to leave the club at the end of the 2023\/24 season. 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