Jurgen Klopp ready to ditch return to management after Liverpool exit and retire to luxury villa in Majorca

VaselineMay 18, 2024

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Jurgen Klopp ready to ditch return to management after Liverpool exit and retire to luxury villa in Majorca

JURGEN KLOPP is preparing to retire from football… to his luxury multi-million pound villa in sun-kissed Majorca.

A depleted Klopp will bid an emotional farewell to Liverpool on Sunday after a remarkable eight-and-a-half-year reign.

Jurgen Klopp can say goodbye to footballCredit: Getty

Klopp could enjoy an early retirement in his Mallorcan mansionCredit: PRP Real Estate

The 5,000-acre property includes a swimming poolCredit: PRP Real Estate

And when the fanfare has died down, he plans to escape the limelight by heading for the peace and quiet of the Balearic Islands.

The German, 56, is a legend on Merseyside – and a man wanted by clubs and countries.

But he plans to say a definitive no to any bids for a quick return to the game as he takes a well-deserved break from the stresses and strains of Premier League football.

Sources close to Klopp say he is genuinely tired of management.

And now he is keen to enjoy a low-key life away from the media glare after the high-pressure demands of his job at the Anfield giants.

Klopp can’t move without adoring fans who want to talk to him.

And while his family is settled and managed to cope, he has focused all his attention on the adulation of the supporters.

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Klopp has bought a pad in Mallorca and plans to stay there so he can go out without being recognized around the clock.

He paid around £3.5 million for the 5,000 sq m villa, which was previously owned by Swiss businessman and artist Rolf Knie.

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However, Klopp will not escape football entirely as Brendan Rodgers, another former Reds boss, has a holiday home nearby.

Klopp has been courted by his potential interest in several jobs – but has told suitors he wants to recharge his batteries.

Klopp and his wife Ulla are renovating the propertyCredit: PRP Real Estate

The property will be renovated in the next few monthsCredit: PRP Real Estate

The mansion in Majorca cost £3.4 millionCredit: PRP Real Estate

Klopp got his Liverpool exit wrong… and it cost him his legacy, says Dave Kidd

By Dave Kidd

NOW we know Jurgen Klopp’s last major trophies at Liverpool – a Champions League, a Premier League, an FA Cup, two League Cups and (if necessary) a Club World Cup.

But where does his reign rank among the greatest of the Premier League era?

In black and white terms, Klopp is well behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola, the only two men to have won multiple Premier Leagues and a Champions League at the same club.

The two sit alongside Brian Clough, Bob Paisley and Sir Matt Busby as the undisputed all-time greats of the English game.

But Klopp ranks next down — with Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho (the Chelsea version), Bill Shankly and Don Revie.

These were all men with the strength of character to transform their clubs in their own image and enjoy success, but who did not win as much as they could have.

Had Klopp managed to keep his intentions under wraps and come away with another title, perhaps even a treble or quadruple, he would have been in the top echelon with Ferguson, Guardiola, Clough, Paisley and Busby.

But deciding when and how to exit is one of the toughest calls for any manager or athlete.

Klopp got it wrong.

Read Dave Kidd’s take on Klopp’s demise in full here.

Or click here to see all of Dave Kidd’s articles.

VaselineMay 18, 2024

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