Jurgen Klopp: I will retire in the next ten years

Daniel Storey

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says that he plans to retire in the next ten years, before turning 60.

Speaking to RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, 49-year-old Klopp hinted that he would be happy to stay at Liverpool for the duration of that time, but will not manage into his old age.

Having started management at the age of 34, Klopp took over at Borussia Dortmund in 2008 and at Liverpool last year.

“There will come a day where I decide it has been enough. I would say it is very, very unlikely that I will still be coaching at the age of 60,” Klopp told RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.

“I will definitely return to Germany to live there, but I do not know whether I will return to Germany as a coach.

I have no plans to annoy someone who does not want me around with my presence at the end of my managerial career.

“And if Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool turn out to be the only three clubs I have coached at the end my career, at least it has been with great clubs.”

Enjoy him while you can, people.