Jurgen Klopp's shock resignation may be final liveropool masterstroke

 

On Friday, Jurgen Klopp’s surprisingly announced he’ll be leaving Liverpool after eight-and-a-half trophy-laden years at the club. During a colourful period littered with character, humor and, importantly, lots of success, the timing of the news may well be the final masterstroke of his legacy with the reds.

It’s safe to say no one saw it coming, except maybe the Liverpool board of directors, who were reportedly informed of the German’s decision to leave at the end of the current campaign back in November.

Klopp cites tiredness as the key reason for his impending departure. ‘’I’m running out of energy, I can’t do the job again, and again and again. After all the years we’ve had together, all the time we spent together, after all things we went through together… the least I owe is the truth’’.

And its fair enough. Eight years in this day and age is a lifetime to spend at one club, a rarity reserved for only a select few in the Premier League -even English football as a whole- since the long-gone days of Sir Alex Furguson and Arsene Wenger.