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Jurgen Klopp thanked Liverpool for an "amazing time" after the club shared a post on Instagram to mark the 10-year anniversary of his appointment as Reds manager.
Klopp was installed as Brendan Rodgers' replacement on October 8, 2015, and went on to achieve remarkable things across his near nine-year stint as boss.
Liverpool won the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, as well as several other trophies under the German's stewardship. Prior to Klopp's arrival, Liverpool had won just one major trophy — the 2012 League Cup — across the previous nine seasons.
Klopp surprised many with his decision to stand down at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, particularly considering the timing of his announcement: at the time, Liverpool was in quadruple contention.
Klopp's time in charge will forever be fondly remembered on Merseyside — as will the man himself — and he posted a message 10 years on from his arrival on Merseyside. "Thank you for an amazing time," he wrote in response to a post from Liverpool which said: "Ten years ago today, Jurgen was appointed Reds manager. A tremendous tenure."
Several months after leaving Liverpool, Klopp embarked on a new stage of his career as he agreed to become Red Bull's head of global soccer.
It is a role he is enjoying, judging by an interview he gave to The Athletic recently, in which he said he has no intention of reviving his managerial career.
Asked whether he 'was waiting by the television for the games to begin' at the beginning of last season, Klopp responded: “Not at all. I was super happy with the way Liverpool performed. I watched some games. But it is not like, ‘Oh, it’s Saturday!’
“I didn’t know when games started. I was just out. I played sports. We enjoyed life, spent time with the grandkids, completely normal stuff, knowing I will work again. But knowing as well, that I don’t want to work as a coach anymore."
Asked whether he believes he will never be a coach again, Klopp responded: “That’s what I think. But you don’t know. I’m 58. If I started again at 65, everybody will say, ‘You said you’ll never do it again!’ Er, sorry, I thought 100 per cent (when I said it)! That is what I think now. I don’t miss anything [about being a manager].”
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