Jurgen Klopp: Everywhere you go, it's a legend

When he took over the Liverpool handicap, the Reds fans had already begun to kneel before he had even led the team to a game.

Now that he has announced his departure at the end of the season, the real goodbye has not yet arrived, and the Reds fans have already begun to panic.

In today's football, it is difficult to find a manager who can have such an influence on the home team fans other than Klopp.

If you just look at the number of trophies, Klopp's coaching achievements don't seem to be that high.

At least compared with Guardiola, Ancelotti, and Mourinho, who are almost the top managers of the same era, Klopp's honor is still much inferior.

But Klopp's greatness is not just reflected in trophies or accolades.

The most impressive thing about him is that he can make a difference to the team wherever he goes.

In this regard, even some managers with higher coaching honors can hardly do as well as Klopp.

From 2001 to 2024, Klopp managed three clubs, namely Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool.

In his hands, Mainz completed the feat of rushing to the Bundesliga for the first time in the team's history, and they later finished fifth in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund went from a mid-table team on the verge of bankruptcy to Bundesliga champions and reached the Champions League final.

In his hands, Liverpool has gone from a declining giant that has been frustrated for many years to become a top team in the Premier League and even European football.

On top of that, he helped Liverpool win the English top flight title for the first time in 30 years, and it was also Liverpool's first Premier League title.

He is neither as affectionate as Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger but can stick to a club for more than 20 years. It's not like Mourinho and Ancelotti who are "abusive" and have to change clubs every two or three years.

For Jurgen Klopp, seven or eight years for every team he coaches is probably just right.

He's good at tapping into the potential of young players and needs plenty of time to build the system.

He's always been able to take over the team for three or four years and get the team to a peak of form.

After three or four years of this peak state, the team will fall into the slump again.

If you change to an ordinary manager, there is a high probability that you will be fired at this time.

But Klopp is a historic manager for Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, and he himself is known for his affection and high emotional intelligence.

So even if he encountered a "class" crisis, he was never swept away.

He has enough trust to always take the initiative to resign and walk away after bringing the team out of the trough and getting back on track.

Throughout world football, most of the managers have left for two reasons.

The first is that the management is dissatisfied with the results and fires the coach, and the second is that the coach finds a better job and voluntarily resigns.

According to the general people's thinking, Liverpool is doing so well now, and the club definitely doesn't want Klopp to go. Klopp's salary is so high, there is no reason to resign voluntarily.

Since Klopp did resign, he must have found a new home, but Klopp made it clear that he would take at least a year off.

Regarding the reason for bidding farewell to Liverpool this time, although Klopp himself has made it very clear, there are still many speculations and arguments in the outside world.

Some people say that he has a conflict with the club's management, and that the club spends little money, so he wants to leave.

Some people think that he is pessimistic about the future of Liverpool, and now he is taking advantage of the good results and leaving with dignity.

Some people even questioned why he said that when he left, Liverpool's "sky fell"?

Isn't Liverpool's good results because of top players such as Salah, Van Dijk, Alisson, and Alexander-Arnold? Is it the credit of Klopp alone? With Liverpool's lineup and heritage, it will not be bad for anyone to coach, right?

If you have such doubts, the old fans will tell you - it's because you haven't experienced the days before Jurgen Klopp's arrival.

We do not rule out that there is indeed some selfishness or scheming behind Klopp's departure from Liverpool. But for those possibilities, the outside world can only speculate.

If you like or know Klopp, trust the answer in your own mind.

As for what others say, let them be.