Jürgen Klopp leaves Liverpool: This is the 'real reason' for his departure

Surprising, unexpected and, especially for its fans, painful. Jürgen Klopp has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season and everything around Anfield has come to a standstill.

Klopp shared a two-minute video on Liverpool's social networks explaining the complicated news to the football world. "I will leave the club at the end of the season," he confirmed.

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The German coach, visibly moved, admits to loving everything that surrounds the club, from his love for the city. So why is he leaving?

As he confirms in the video: "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."

French Under-21 manager Thierry Henry has spoken to CBS Sports about Klopp's departure. "It is tough to be a manager and no one cares about you. You’re going to have to take care of yourself at one point," the Frenchman said. "I understand that it’s very nice for fans and everybody involved, journalists, but do not think only about yourself and thinking that the Premier League will miss Klopp, that Liverpool will miss Klopp."

"We know that, we know that is true. But he was missing his family, he was missing his own time, he was missing his sanity. So good for him. When I got the news, I was like: 'Good for you'," Henry added.

There have been no issues with the board, poor results, problems with the players, or anything like that. Simply put, Jürgen Klopp considers that his time as Red is over and he wants to leave before it is too late.

Obviously, his nine years as Liverpool manager is brilliant and his time at the prestigious Premier League club will be remembered as one of the club's most successful.

The German coach, as well as winning a Premier League, a Champions League (as well as two finals), a Club World Cup and several other titles, arguably his biggest achievement is returning an identity to a Liverpool team that he took control over in one of it's lowest periods.

In fact, at the time of the announcement, the team sat at the top of the Premier League table, above super teams like Manchester City or Arsenal, and Liverpool is one of the favorites to win this season's Champions League.

The German's dynamic and fast-attacking football has dazzled the Red fans and the entire world. The coach himself has become a beloved figure in English football, with his generous character and strong ideals setting a truly positive example as both a coach and on a personal level.

There is no doubt that there will be numerous teams that will contact the German to have his services but it seems like Klopp will want to rest for a while before taking another bench – and there is no doubt he has earned it.

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