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Jurgen Klopp plans to leave Liverpool after his contract expires in the summer of 2024. “The plan at the moment is for me to do it until 2024, and then it will be: thank you very much,” said Klopp in the run-up to the Premier League duel with West Ham United (from 6:30 p.m. in the TM live ticker). The 54-year-old, while not committing himself 100%, did hint that he could take a break from football.
“I love what I do. But I’ve said it a few times: there has to be something else in the world than just thinking about very talented, good-looking and fantastically nice footballers,” said the 54-year-old.
At the moment he is still “full of energy” for his job. “But we have to make sure that it stays that way,” said the Liverpool coach, who won the Champions League and the first championship in 30 years with the Reds during his tenure since 2015. “You don’t want to end up sitting there tired and thinking, ‘Why does everyone care what’s going on out there? I don’t give a damn.’”
Klopp new in the 50s club: coach with the most Champions League victories
18 Thomas Tuchel – 31 wins in 49 games
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With Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea
As of March 5, 2022
*All victories in the Champions League during the coach’s tenure are counted in the gallery – i.e. even if he was suspended from a game or absent due to illness.
17 Zinedine Zidane – 32 wins in 53 games
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With Real Madrid
16 Jupp Heynckes – 33 wins in 47 games
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With Real Madrid and FC Bayern
15 Vicente del Bosque – 34 wins in 60 games
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With Real Madrid
14 Mircea Lucescu – 36 wins in 115 games
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With Inter Milan, Galatasaray, Besiktas, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv
13 Marcello Lippi – 39 wins in 77 games
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With Juventus
11 Massimiliano Allegri – 44 wins in 92 games
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With AC Milan and Juventus Turin
11 Diego Simeone – 44 wins in 85 games
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With Atletico Madrid
10 Fabio Capello – 45 wins in 86 games
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With AC Milan, Real Madrid, AS Roma and Juventus Turin
9 Ottmar Hitzfeld – 48 wins in 95 games
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With Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern
8 Jurgen Klopp – 50 wins in 88 games
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With Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool FC
7 Rafa Benítez – 54 wins in 95 games
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With FC Valencia, FC Liverpool, Inter Milan, FC Chelsea, SSC Napoli and Real Madrid
6 Louis van Gaal – 57 wins in 95 games
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With Ajax Amsterdam, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern and Manchester United
5 Jose Mourinho – 80 wins in 151 games
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With FC Porto, Chelsea FC, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur
4 Arsène Wenger- 88 wins in 188 games
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With AS Monaco and Arsenal FC
3 Pep Guardiola – 91 wins in 143 games
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With FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City
2 Carlo Ancelotti – 96 wins in 173 games
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With AC Parma, Juventus FC, AC Milan, Chelsea FC, PSG, Real Madrid, FC Bayern and SSC Napoli
1 Sir Alex Ferguson – 105 wins in 194 games
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With Manchester United
Klopp on decision 2024: “I could book last minute”
“My future will be fine. I don’t need to plan, I could book last minute. Let me put it this way – it’s not a problem. No, the plan is the future of the club that we are constantly working on,” said the coach.
Having won the League Cup last week, Liverpool have three more competitions in the running for a total of four titles this season. According to Klopp, who has been at Anfield for six and a half years, the club will continue to be successful in the future because they have hired the right people. “These people, of which we have a lot here at the moment, will make sure things go well,” said Klopp, “even when I’m gone – whenever that will be.”
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