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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Moments after the final whistle blew on Juergen Klopp’s managerial career at Liverpool, the much-loved German encouraged the Anfield faithful to celebrate the moment, but embrace the future.<\/p>\n

Klopp said he plans to retreat into a private life after his departure from the Reds and has no immediate plans to return to management.The German flashed his huge smile throughout a long address to fans after Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in Sunday’s emotional Premier League season finale, and even led the crowd in a song for incoming manager Arne Slot, who has enormous shoes to fill.<\/p>\n

“Change is good,” the 56-year-old Klopp told the crowd. “And you never know exactly what to expect, but if you go with the right attitude into that, then everything will be fine.<\/p>\n

“What I want you to sing, I have an idea,” he added, then launched loudly into: “Arne Slot! Na, na, na, na, na!” The crowd sang along.On a day Liverpool fans had been dreading since Klopp announced in late January he would leave at season’s end, the manager sounded genuinely happy rather than heartbroken.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn’t feel like an end. It just feels like the start, because I saw today a football team playing full of talent, youth, creativity, desire, greed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these few weeks where I have had too much attention, I realised a lot of things. People say I turned them from doubters into believers. That’s not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just said we have to. You did it. Nobody tells you to stop believing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis club is in a better moment than a long time. We have this wonderful stadium, training centre and you \u2014 the superpower of world football. Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klopp’s team, who were on course to give their manager a fairy-tale ending before a string of bad results last month derailed their title challenge, finished the season third in the table on 82 points, nine behind winners Manchester City and seven behind second-placed Arsenal.Klopp bade farewell to the Anfield faithful having won 305 matches, including penalty shoot-outs, since joining the Reds in 2015, plus seven trophies including the Champions League in 2019 and a first English League title in three decades in 2020.<\/p>\n

But he was loved as much for his charisma and passion as his on-field success and it was on full display on Sunday. He was saluted with a guard of honour in the postgame celebrations, and after pausing to wrap an emotional captain Virgil van Dijk in a bear hug, he turned and ran through it again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a very emotional day,\u201d Van Dijk told Sky Sports. “[Klopp] deserves every bit of love he’s getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tears rolled down defender Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cheeks while the team stood arm-in-arm and the fans serenaded them with You’ll Never Walk Alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve never seen or experienced someone who can inspire or motivate with a click of his fingers,\u201d Alexander-Arnold told Sky. \u201cIf he told me today it was snowing outside, I’d believe him \u2014 that’s probably the best way of putting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klopp famously introduced himself as \u201cthe normal one\u201d in his first Liverpool press conference after his hiring, \u201cbut he’s definitely a special one for us for the players who played under his leadership\u201d, the team’s Brazilian keeper Alisson Becker said.<\/p>\n

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