Jürgen Klopp will leave Liverpool FC, the English football club he has led to six major trophies, at the end of the current season, saying he’s “running out of energy.”
His reign at the club saw Fenway Sports Group, its American owners, get a huge increase in its valuation. FSG bought Liverpool for £300 million ($383 million) in 2010. After five years of suffering to compete with their biggest rivals, Klopp signed in 2015 and the club won the Champions League in 2019.
FSG recently sold a minority stake in Liverpool to New York-based investment firm Dynasty Equity for between $100 million and $200 million. The club is valued at around $5 billion, according to Forbes, and struggled to find buyers when thinking about a full sale. of 2022 expired.
“I can sense it’s a surprise to a lot of people at the moment,” Klopp, 56, said in a video interview published on X on Friday.
At Anfield, Klopp won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup, being the only Liverpool manager to achieve this feat, according to his website.
While the valuation of top sports teams has risen rapidly, with Klopp and Fenway the club has a monetary powerhouse, generating 682. 9 million euros ($743 million) in earnings last season, the seventh-highest in Europe, according to Deloitte.
The popular manager rose to success at Germany’s Borussia Dortmund GmbH, which he led to two Bundesliga titles in succession in 2011 and 2012.
Liverpool are currently the most sensible in the Premier League table, five points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. They are the second favourites to win the 2023-2024 Premier League, according to the latest Paddy Power odds.