Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is set to step down from his role at the end of the season, saying he is “running out of energy”.
Klopp was appointed in October 2015 and his contract was due to run until 2026.
The German native won the Champions League in 2019 before leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years in the 2019-20 season.
“I told the club already in November,” said Klopp, who announced his decision with his side currently top of the Premier League.
“I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it.
“I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff. I love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.
“It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.
“After the years we had together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, the respect grew for you, the love grew for you and the least I owe you is the truth – and that is the truth.”
Liverpool have won every major honour since the German took charge of the Reds.