Jurgen Klopp

2022 - 4 - 29

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Jürgen Klopp declares Liverpool 'perfect place' for players to play (The Guardian)

The Liverpool manager extended his Anfield career until 2026 on Thursday and has urged his quadruple-chasing team to “squeeze everything out of the season” with ...

“But we have to do that now – we cannot wait 10 years. We sit here now and in 20 years’ time we will look back and for all of us it’s about creating stories which we will remember easily and think: ‘Wow, that was good.’ “The world is in a difficult situation; it’s not only coronavirus, it’s Ukraine, it’s so many things, and then on a less important level big clubs have problems here and there with money and these kind of things.

After Jurgen Klopp Signs New Contract, The Future Looks Bright For ... (Forbes)

The manager has signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Anfield until 2026.

And Liverpool has one foot in what would be its third Champions League final in five years after beating Villarreal 2-0 this week in the semi-final first leg. In interviews, he is passionate and honest. He says the “freshness” of the club still “energizes” him. His "new story" has included the Premier League title in 2019/20 – Liverpool's first for 30 years – and the Champions League in 2019. The performances of his team this season, though, have convinced Klopp to stay. That when his contract had been due to expire in 2024, he might step away, if only temporarily, from the game.

Jurgen Klopp: My Liverpool extension doesn't impact on Mohamed ... (ESPN)

Jurgen Klopp has said his new Liverpool contract extension will not influence the futures of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane at the club.

"But at the moment, we try to squeeze everything out of this season that is possible. We have to do it now. But the players who want to be here now know what they can expect."

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool can improve after signing new deal ... (iNews)

Klopp's new deal will see him remain at Anfield until 2026 but question marks remain over the futures of two of his most important players.

“It is for me in this moment in time, the place to me, this club offers a lot. “If it is a positive sign for the boys, then great, but I don’t think this will be the one decisive thing for whatever decision they have to make. “We had a lot of difficulties in the past for different reasons but the club is in a good moment,” he said.

Jurgen Klopp makes major Pep Lijnders admission despite new ... (Liverpool Echo)

Pep Lijnders has long made clear his desire of another move into management despite signing a new Liverpool contract.

It is really interesting what they tell you now, and now I can tell them what we did in the past." "His own ambitions will never stop and I will never stop it. "I really enjoy working together - and Pete K - and we bought fully into this project.

Jurgen Klopp promises not to hold Pep Lijnders back after new ... (The Independent)

Lijnders has managerial ambitions of his own but has agreed to remain at Liverpool as Klopp's assistant until 2026.

It is really interesting what do they tell you now, and now what I can tell them what we did in the past. Now we have it so let’s try to be as successful as possible.” So we are all smart enough to know not to take this situation for granted. The club has given us the opportunity to build a really good football team. “Life is progress and you keep up with all the developments around you and that is what we do. He is not even 40 yet so that is a long time after all this to be by yourself.