Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has announced he will be leaving the club at the end of the season.

“I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time,” Jurgen Klopp said in an interview on the website of the Premier League leaders.

Klopp shot to prominence as his Borussia Dortmund side emerged as challengers to German powerhouse Bayern Munich. Two league titles, a German Cup and a run to the European Cup Final (where they lost to Bayern) followed.

He stepped down at the end of the 2014-15 season but was back in management within months, joining Liverpool as Brendan Rodgers’ replacement.

After reaching the Europa League final in his first season at Anfield, Klopp went about building a team capable of ending the Reds’ long wait for a league title. After a runner-up finish in 2019, that drought finally ended the following year as Liverpool finished 18 points clear of Manchester City to be crowned Premier League champions.

The German has also led Liverpool to three Champions League finals, winning the competition in 2019 and losing to Real Madrid in 2018 and 2022.