Liverpool could keep Jurgen Klopp for another season should they complete a major piece of transfer business.
On Monday it emerged that Kylian Mbappe’s expected move from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid had hit a “stumbling block.”
The Independent claimed Mbappe and Real Madrid are struggling to agree on a wage packet, with an agreement remaining some way off.
In turn, Mbappe’s representation is said to have explored moves to Liverpool and Arsenal, but neither Premier League outfit wants to break their wage structure to sign the France skipper at present.
Of course, Liverpool have expressed an interest in Mbappe in the past, while Klopp has also publicly sung the France skipper’s praises on several occasions.
In the unlikely scenario Liverpool were to break their wage structure to sign Mbappe, it could help the club’s chances of keeping Klopp for another season.
The German stunned the football world in January by announcing he is set to depart the Reds at the end of the season, irrespective of what happens during the rest of the campaign.
But could the prospect of managing arguably the world’s best player, still some years away from the peak of his powers, entice Klopp to reconsider?
The German confirmed his imminent departure in a video posted on the club website, admitting that “he was running out of energy”. You can watch it below.
Klopp has been at Liverpool since 2015 and won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Club World Cup.
And while he was under contract at Anfield until 2026, the 56-year-old said he had told the owners in November of his intention to leave in the summer of 2024.
“I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it,” Klopp told the club’s website.
“I 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.
“It 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.
Liverpool could break unwritten rule to keep Jurgen Klopp for another season as ‘stumbling block’ revealed
Chris Byfield
Published 7:00, 07 February 2024 GMT
| Last updated 7:00, 07 February 2024 GMT
Liverpool could break unwritten rule to keep Jurgen Klopp for another season as ‘stumbling block’ revealed
Liverpool could keep Jurgen Klopp for another season should they complete a major piece of transfer business.
On Monday it emerged that Kylian Mbappe’s expected move from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid had hit a “stumbling block.”
The Independent claimed Mbappe and Real Madrid are struggling to agree on a wage packet, with an agreement remaining some way off.
In turn, Mbappe’s representation is said to have explored moves to Liverpool and Arsenal, but neither Premier League outfit wants to break their wage structure to sign the France skipper at present.
Of course, Liverpool have expressed an interest in Mbappe in the past, while Klopp has also publicly sung the France skipper’s praises on several occasions.
Last year, amid reports linking Liverpool with a move for Mbappe, Klopp told Sky Germany: “We laugh about it. I can say that I think he is a really good player. But the financial framework conditions don’t suit us at all.”
Meanwhile, Mbappe expressed his admiration for Liverpool and Klopp in the past. He told the Mirror in 2020: “This season Liverpool have been a machine in the Premier League.
“They have made winning look easy – but the truth is that is never easy. To be as ruthless as they have been would come from having a very good manager and lots of hard work in training. Performances like they have been having don’t just happen.”
Mbappe has been widely tipped to join Real Madrid at the end of the season (Getty)
Mbappe has been widely tipped to join Real Madrid at the end of the season (Getty)
In the unlikely scenario Liverpool were to break their wage structure to sign Mbappe, it could help the club’s chances of keeping Klopp for another season.
The German stunned the football world in January by announcing he is set to depart the Reds at the end of the season, irrespective of what happens during the rest of the campaign.
But could the prospect of managing arguably the world’s best player, still some years away from the peak of his powers, entice Klopp to reconsider?
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Topics: Football, Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, Premier League, Kylian Mbappe, Transfers
Chris Byfield
Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at the end of the season
Chris Byfield
Published 10:46, 26 January 2024 GMT
| Last updated 15:58, 26 January 2024 GMT
Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at the end of the season
Jurgen Klopp has confirmed he will leave Liverpool at the end of the current campaign.
The German confirmed his imminent departure in a video posted on the club website, admitting that “he was running out of energy”. You can watch it below.
Klopp has been at Liverpool since 2015 and won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Club World Cup.
And while he was under contract at Anfield until 2026, the 56-year-old said he had told the owners in November of his intention to leave in the summer of 2024.
“I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it,” Klopp told the club’s website.
“I 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.
“It 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.
“After 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 – and that is the truth.”
Pepijn Lijnders, Peter Krawietz and Vitor Matos are also set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season.
Liverpool reached the Carabao Cup final on Wednesday evening while they are top of the Premier League. They are still on course to finish the season with four trophies.
Klopp insisted no underlying health issues had led to the decision.
He said: “I am okay. I am healthy, as much as you can be at my age. I told the club already in November. I have to explain a little bit that maybe the job I do people see from the outside, I’m on the touchline and in training sessions and stuff like this, but the majority of all the things happen around these kind of things.
“That means a season starts and you plan pretty much the next season already.
“When we sat there together talking about potential signings, the next summer camp and can we go wherever, the thought came up, ‘I am not sure I am here then anymore’ and I was surprised myself by that. I obviously start thinking about it.
“It didn’t 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, ‘Come on, thank you very much for everything but probably we should split here, or end it here.’ That didn’t happen here, obviously. For me it was super, super, super-important that I can help to bring this team back onto the rails.”
