Klopp shows fans inside his office with belongings boxed up after ‘strange and emotional’ Liverpool training session
JURGEN KLOPP provided a glimpse into his now former office after a “strange and emotional” Liverpool training session.
The Reds were rocked in January when their German manager announced that he was going to leave Anfield after nine years at the end of the season.
Klopp, who departs after winning the Carabao Cup in February, will make an emotional farewell to the Kop against Wolves in his final game on Sunday.
He has guided the club to both Premier League title and Champions League glory as Arne Slot prepares to replace him in the dug-out.
However, ahead of his grand finale tomorrow, Klopp shocked fans by joining Instagram and then issuing a sweet farewell video.
He then followed that up with another video in which he provided supporters with a look inside his office at the club’s training ground.
And it showed that he has already boxed up his things as he prepared to leave the Reds’ HQ for the last time.
“So, here I am, last day in the office,” he begins with.
At that point he turned the camera to a window that overlooked one of the green pitches at Kirkby.
Klopp continued: “Last session done and it was strange I would say.
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“Few of the coaches got quite emotional, I would so.
“I didn’t quite yet. I told myself that tomorrow’s a game and after that is holiday.
“Obviously, I decide what I think until I get overwhelmed tomorrow.
“So, I will leave this place which is… erm… yeah… an interesting experience I would say.”
And at that point he pans the camera around to show several boxes he has packed with his belongings and keepsakes before finishing with a cheeky smile and a “ay-ay-ay-ay-ay”.
He then finished off with: “See you tomorrow.”
Meanwhile Dutchman Slot is also set to move into Klopp’s house on Merseyside.
And the Anfield exodus continued this week when Liverpool announced that popular duo Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara will be leaving the club.
While the two players and Klopp will make an emotional farewell tomorrow, two of his staff members are looking forward to an exciting new challenge.
His assistant Pepijn Lijnders will take over as Red Bull Salzburg manager after he departs Liverpool.
And he will be joined at the Austrian Bundesliga giants by fellow Anfield coach Vitor Matos, who will go as his No.2.
Klopp has botched his Liverpool exit… and it’s cost him his legacy, says Dave Kidd
By Dave Kidd
NOW we know Jurgen Klopp’s final major trophy haul at Liverpool — one Champions League, one Premier League, one FA Cup, two League Cups and (if you must) a World Club Cup.
But where does his reign stand among the greatest of the Premier League era?
In black-and-white terms, Klopp is way behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola, the only two men to have won multiple Premier Leagues and a Champions League at the same club.
Those two sit alongside Brian Clough, Bob Paisley and Sir Matt Busby as the undoubted all-time managerial greats of the English game.
But Klopp ranks in the next tier down — with Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho (the Chelsea version), Bill Shankly and Don Revie.
These were all men with the strength of character to transform their clubs in their own image and enjoy success but who did not win as much as they might have done.
Had Klopp managed to keep his intentions under wraps and ended up with another title, perhaps even a treble or quadruple, he’d have edged himself up into that highest echelon with Ferguson, Guardiola, Clough, Paisley and Busby.
But deciding the timing and the manner of your exit is one of the toughest calls for any manager or sportsman.
Klopp got it wrong.
Read Dave Kidd’s take on Klopp’s demise in full here.
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