Jurgen Klopp has spoken further about his upcoming Liverpool departure saying that he is having to prepare himself for a quieter life.
The end to German’s tenure at Liverpool is now under two weeks away and the reality has now well and truly sunk in for players and fans alike.
Liverpool in the Klopp era have basically won every major honour there is, but more important than that, is the strong bond between manager and fans.
Each party is on the same wavelength and that does not only confine itself purely to Football as Klopp clearly has a humanitarian side that enhances that relationship further.
It is for that reason that despite nothing of significance being on the line for the last home game of the season against Wolves, it is certainly going to be a special occasion as we are farewelling a talismanic figure in Liverpool's modern history.
Speaking after the 4-2 victory against Spurs, the manager took us further into his psyche and reasoning of his decision.
It has been fascinating how he has been drip feeding these snippets of his inner feelings bit by bit, almost like a storybook one chapter at a time.
On this occasion, he discussed the day to day running of a Football club still has him excited but it is the bits surrounding that which he finds the most taxing to deal with.
"Since it's clear that I will finish and with other clubs looking for managers and you hear what a manager needs to do and needs to have, I always ask myself 'Did I have all that when I arrived here?' It has to fit and I think we were all lucky.
“ It was a win-win situation from the first day. I enjoyed each second of it, it's absolutely great. All the responsibility and love that grew over the years is a big part of the decision I made, so I'm absolutely fine and at peace with the decision.
“I didn't think it was too difficult, to be honest. This [media] is very difficult most of the time. It is very draining when you always have to talk and explain things and most of it you can't explain
“When you're winning it's fine because then you can speak about individuals, fantastic performance and stuff like this but we cannot do the same when we are losing. You can't single out a player and say he was particularly bad so let's talk about that for the next 10 minutes, so that cuts off 50, 60, 70 per cent of the things you can say - but and you're still asking! That part is a lot.”
It is highly natural for a successful manager like Klopp to embrace adulation, soak it up and want more and more.
But this is where the German is different to many of his contemporaries as he explains further.
“Being the manager of Liverpool; the pure football side, coaching the team, doing the stuff we do, growing together as a unit, I love that part. I'm not the right man to do that anymore. But what is really hard is you, the outside world.
“I’m not an outside person. Until today, I don't understand why people wanted an autograph from me but it happens quite frequently.
"That's all things I need to stop at one point. Just going home and sitting down for a moment and seeing how that feels. People ask me 'Will I miss it?' Probably, but I don't know. I never had it. So that's all fine."
And asked if he has any piece of advice for his successor in Arne Slot, Klopp said:
"I think understand a little bit of football, that's my skill. I love people, especially football players. So from that point of view, it wasn't difficult. I enjoyed it a lot."
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