Klopp leaving Liverpool: Reds boss explains his decision to step down at end of season – as it happened
Posted by  badge Boss on Jan 26
Jurgen Klopp is set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season (Picture: Getty)

dramatically announced he is at the end of the season, bringing an end to his trophy-laden nine-year reign at Anfield.

News of the came as a huge shock to the Merseyside club on Friday morning given the success Liverpool have enjoyed this season.

Former is confident fellow Liverpool hero . Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi meanwhile is also among the list of possible candidates but played down immediate links with the Anfield job.

At a press conference on Friday, Klopp announced he will have no role to play in appointing his successor with the Liverpool board offering no timescale for that process.

The Reds, who advanced the Carabao Cup final in midweek, remain in contention to win four trophies and currently sit top of the Premier League following last Sunday’s resounding 4-0 win at Bournemouth.