The longtime couple laughed as the American opened his checkbook and suggested a change of heart. From the quiet brilliance that puts sporting directors like Julian Ward and Michael Edwards to shame, to the club’s sophisticated data analytics teams, often prized in high-profile and noisy transfer windows, to the elite talent taking over the top. Next level up. Football itself on the field can provide the last five years. It was a group effort. But Klopp got most of the credit. His immense genius touches every aspect of the club he will leave at the end of the year. He said the one-day meeting on plans for the summer of 2024 was a necessary moment to make a decision. As he sat and listened to the logistics, start dates, times and schedules, he began to imagine a time when he wouldn’t have to pay so much attention to detail. And the more his thoughts wandered, the more he lost his way out. Klopp has never hidden his dislike of extensive pre-season travel and commercial tours but has refused to accept that it is the norm at a club like Liverpool.
The opportunity to meet Liverpool fans from around the world in person is always a humbling experience, but these European training camps bring out something in the manager. Klopp has always said Liverpool are “top”. These words resonated so much that the manager often carried a coffee cup with the phrase written on it at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground.
The Liverpool owner was on the wrong side of the road again shortly after Jurgen Klopp informed Mike Gordon of his intention to take time off to watch the game at Anfield. After initially making the decision through a long and serious conversation, the Fenway Sports Group chairman soon called out Klopp in a conversation that turned into a joke.
But despite the invitation, Klopp revealed his decision, rejecting his boss’ tempting offer: “It’s not money, He left the club where he served for the last 10 years and this was his final decision. Klopp did not do it alone and Liverpool’s resurgence as one of Europe’s great clubs in 2015 was thanks to the efforts of many skilled and world-class players both on and off the pitch.
