Official: Jurgen Klopp Extends Liverpool Contract Until 2026

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The German manager has agreed to a new four year deal which will see him remain at the club until 2026.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has penned a new four year contract with the Anfield outfit to continue the project which began in 2015.

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“Liverpool Football Club is delighted to announce Jürgen Klopp has signed a new contract to extend his commitment with the club.” The club announced.

The 54 year old tactician first joined Liverpool in 2015 after leaving Borussia Dortmund following a seven year successful stint at the Signal Iduna Park.

Klopp expressed his delight at extending his stay with the club. “There are so many words I could use to describe how I am feeling about this news… delighted, humbled, blessed, privileged and excited would be a start.

“There is just so much to love about this place. I knew that before I came here, I got to know it even better after I arrived and now I know it more than ever before.

“Like any healthy relationship, it always has to be a two-way street; you have to be right for each other. The feeling we were absolutely right for each other is what brought me here in the first place and it’s why I’ve extended previously.

“This one is different because of the length of time we have been together. I had to ask myself the question: Is it right for Liverpool that I stay longer?

“Along with my two assistant managers, Pep Lijnders and Pete Krawietz, we came to the conclusion it was a ‘Yes!’

“There is a freshness about us as a club still and this energizes me. For as long as I have been here, our owners have been unbelievably committed and energetic about this club and it is clear that right now this applies to our future as much as I’ve ever known.”

“In Billy Hogan and Julian Ward we have leaders throughout the club who are completely focused on renewal and refreshing so we can continue to compete at the very highest level.

“We have managed to harness the best of what we have created already at the same time as injecting fresh impetus into our environment.

“The new AXA Training Centre is a superb home for us and the fact that Anfield will grow even bigger soon with the Anfield Road development, I can’t wait for that.

“We are a club that is constantly moving in the right direction. We have a clear idea of what we want; we have a clear idea of how we try to achieve it. That’s always a great position to start from.

“When the owners brought the possibility to renew to me, I asked myself the question I’ve mused over publicly. Do I have the energy and vibe to give of myself again what this amazing place requires from the person in the manager’s office?

“I didn’t need too long to answer in truth. The answer was very simple… I’m in love with here and I feel fine!”

The talks of a new contract between Klopp and the club hierarchy had been ongoing since last October before finally making it official.

Klopp led the Reds to the Premier League title in the 2020/2021 season for the first time in the Premier League era dating back to over thirty years.

He also has won the UEFA Champions League as well as the UEFA Super Cup while pushing for a quadruple of trophies this season.

Meanwhile…

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has suggested that Harry Maguire could lose his captaincy come next season according to the German manager.

Maguire has been heavily criticized for his poor form this season with fans calling for the England international to be stripped of the captaincy.

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Rangnick against the public call of the fans has however allowed the 29 year old to keep the band despite the criticism.

Asked what advice he would give to incoming manager Erik Ten Hag on what steps to take on the United captaincy, his reply pointed towards an eventual change.

“I can only tell what I have done in the past when I was the head coach or the manager, because in Germany it’s called match kapitan, so the captain of the team,” United’s interim explained. “I strongly believe that the captain should be elected by the team because he’s called the team manager, and we always did that.

“We always had a board of four or five players, we called it the spielkapitan, elected by the players, the player with the highest amount of votes was the team captain at the end. That’s how I did it, I know that not a lot of head coaches do it that way.”

Bruno Fernandes, who recently signed a new deal at Old Trafford could be chosen as the new captain while David De Gea is another strong candidate.

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