Jürgen Klopp mentioned he could not return to administration after ending his eight-and-a-half 12 months reign as Liverpool supervisor, with the 56-year-old admitting that he feels “empty” after the emotional pressure of his closing months in cost at Anfield.
Liverpool recorded a 2-0 win at residence to Wolves and secured a third-place end within the Premier League as Klopp bowed out following his 491st recreation in control of the group on Sunday.
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Feyenoord coach Arne Slot will succeed Klopp at Anfield after confirming his departure from the Netherlands group final week and Klopp threw his assist behind his successor by singing Slot’s title on the pitch throughout a post-match speech to the group.
However after calling time on his Liverpool profession on the age of 56, former Mainz and Borussia Dortmund coach Klopp mentioned he is not going to return to administration until he has the “spark” he must work within the recreation once more.
“I do not know precisely why no one believes I in all probability is not going to be a supervisor once more,” Klopp mentioned in his post-match information convention at Anfield. “However I perceive as a result of clearly it appears to be a drug — it seems like that as a result of all people comes again and everybody works till they’re 70-something.
“I at all times had the concept I can’t do this that lengthy. Look, different persons are smarter, different folks can do it in numerous methods. I’ve to be all-in, I’ve to be the spark, I’ve to be the power, I’ve to be all these form of issues and I am empty. That is it.
“My largest fear at this time was that [goalkeeper coach] John Achterberg was coughing on a regular basis subsequent to me and I believed I might get up and I am unwell as a result of he did his coughing in my path!
“I’ve to begin with the remainder at times we’ll see. However it’s not now that I really feel now already and [think about] perhaps the subsequent alternative.
“You solely need to look outdoors which golf equipment are clearly obtainable and stuff like this. There might be alternatives, however I do not sit right here and assume, ‘Perhaps in a 12 months’s time I take that.’ On this second, it is so long.
“I like all and the whole lot in regards to the membership, nevertheless it’s time for me to go. However look, it is not burning behind me and that offers me a very good feeling.”
Klopp and his household are set to return to Germany as soon as they’ve attended a fan occasion in Liverpool subsequent week, however he mentioned that he’ll return to Anfield as a supporter sooner or later.
“I do know I can come again and I’ll come again,” he mentioned. “How I mentioned after the sport, from at this time, from three hours in the past when the sport completed, I am a Liverpool supporter and I like that.
“Now we can have a celebration after which we’ll come again subsequent for one more occasion and I’ll come again sometimes simply, how I mentioned, as a supporter now, and I am high-quality with that, truthfully. “Perhaps not for the primary recreation of the season — that is early, wow! Perhaps after the second worldwide break or one thing like this.”