The announcement had the effect of a bomb. Yesterday, Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp announced that they would end their collaboration at the end of the season, nine years after the start of their history. The German technician no longer had enough energy to continue the adventure on the banks of the Mersey. This departure also ends a rivalry between Klopp’s Liverpool and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who have been battling for the Premier League title for years. After the victory against Tottenham in the FA Cup, the Citizens coach paid tribute to his rival.
“I’m going to sleep better.”the Skyblues coach first joked before continuing. “He’s an incredible manager. I didn’t have the opportunity to know him closely, but he is also an incredible person. He has been our biggest rival, Liverpool over these years here and with Dortmund he has been my biggest rival. We will miss him, I will miss him. The Premier League will miss him, his charismatic personality, the way his team plays. He won’t admit it but he’ll come back, I know it! Football needs coaches and personalities like him., confided the Spanish technician. An elegant speech.
