Inside Jurgen Klopp's final 24 hours as Liverpool boss: Packing up his office, fighting 支援する the 涙/ほころびs during You'll Never Walk Alone, starting a 詠唱する for his 後継者... and rapping on 行う/開催する/段階 with John Barnes

  • Klopp packed up his office and was given a hero's send-off at Anfield
  • He also had a wild night out in Liverpool with players, staff, and John Barnes!?
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil 先頭 Dijk have a year left at Liverpool... will they stay for Arne Slot's 再構築する? - Listen to It's All Kicking Off!?

Jurgen Klopp's final 24 hours at Liverpool were sentimental and stirring in equal 命令(する).?

On Sunday the Reds bade 別れの(言葉,会) to a king, a man whose 評判 に先行するd him when he arrived in 2015 and will long 生き延びる him in memories and songs and Merseyside murals.?

A legend who has left an indelible 示す on this club was given a send-off befitting every インチ of his stature, with Anfield in 十分な 発言する/表明する and hanging on his every word.?


His last 週末 as Liverpool boss saw him box up his office, 持つ/拘留する 支援する the 涙/ほころびs, and 配達する a memorable speech to the Anfield faithful.?He also led a rousing 詠唱する to amp up the excitement for his 後継者 Arne Slot and danced the night away with club legend John Barnes and his players.?

This is the story of Klopp's final 24 hours at Liverpool - or rather, the club's last 24 hours gifted with his presence.?

Jurgen Klopp's final 24 hours at Liverpool were brimming with emotion as he took charge of his final game

Jurgen Klopp's final 24 hours at Liverpool were brimming with emotion as he took 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 of his final game?

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Klopp led his final 開会/開廷/会期 at the AXA Training Centre on Saturday, which he 述べるd as 'strange and emotional'.

事実上 all the cast of players were 伴う/関わるd, 含むing Diogo Jota, Thiago and Ben Doak who were 支援する on time after 傷害s.?

Joel Matip, one of Klopp's first 調印s for Liverpool 支援する in 2016, was the only first-teamer to 行方不明になる this last supper 予定 to his 厳しい ACL 傷害.?

Klopp was all toothy grin on a sun-drenched day in Kirkby and wasn't the only one 説 goodbye.

It was the last time on the grass for 多重の staff members, 含むing assistant Pep Lijnders, 同様に as Thiago and Adrian.?

Afterwards, Klopp 完全にするd a mundane 仕事 for most people - packing up cardboard boxes. Yet somehow he made a 攻撃する,衝突する Instagram ビデオ out of it, 獲得するing almost 700,000 likes on his 'kloppo' account 開始する,打ち上げるd on the same day.?

'So, here I am, last day in the office,' he says. 'Last 開会/開廷/会期 done and it was strange I would say.?

'Few of the coaches got やめる emotional, I would say. I didn’t やめる yet. I told myself that tomorrow’s a game and after that is holiday.

Klopp took his final training 開会/開廷/会期 at the AXA Training Centre on Saturday, with most first-teamers on the grass

The boss couldn't resist showboating with a volley in front of an assembly of stars

The boss couldn't resist showboating with a ボレー in 前線 of an 議会 of 星/主役にするs?

Only Joel Matip missed this session due to his ACL agony, with others coming back from injury this week

Only Joel Matip 行方不明になるd this 開会/開廷/会期 予定 to his ACL agony, with others coming 支援する from 傷害 this week

He also finished up packing up his boxes in his office and shared a video of it on Instagram

He also finished up packing up his boxes in his office and 株d a ビデオ of it on Instagram?

'明白に, I decide what I think until I get 圧倒するd tomorrow. So, I will leave this place which is… erm… yeah… an 利益/興味ing experience I would say.'

He then panned to the boxes, brimming with memorabilia and keepsakes, items priceless to many on Merseyside.?

Come Sunday afternoon and Klopp was given a messianic welcome as thousands packed the streets to welcome the team buses to Anfield.?

An expectant 薄暗い hummed from the gauntlet e ither 味方する of the road, a noise breaking into song and the heartbeat of 派手に宣伝するs as the carriages pulled up in resplendent red.?

What other song to welcome him than 'Allez, Allez, Allez,' the song which seemingly 現れるd from a 禁止(する)d of wayfaring Liverpool zealots in Porto in 2018?

That year saw Liverpool reach the 支持する/優勝者s League final, where they lost 3-1 to Real Madrid, but the song became an 国家 to 奮起させる them on to greater glory.

That summer Klopp gatecrashed a 業績/成果 by Scouse troubadour Jamie Webster in Michigan, singing 'Allez, Allez' Allez' and 解除するing his 手渡すs in the 空気/公表する with fans, beaming to be part of it. Klopp has always been a man of the people. The next year they 解除するd the 支持する/優勝者s League.?

Red smoke perfumed the streets and fans gathered just yards from the 乗り物 耐えるing their hero. Kopites also sang 'I'm so glad Jurgen is a Red' to the tune of 'I feel 罰金' by The Beatles.?

Liverpool's team bus was given a welcome worthy of kings by a mass of adoring fans

Liverpool's team bus was given a welcome worthy of kings by a 集まり of adoring fans

Liverpool supporters lined the streets as the team bus made its way to Anfield ahead of kick off

Liverpool 支持者s lined the streets as the team bus made its way to Anfield ahead of kick off

Fans chanted various songs and red smoke filled the air as they hailed their manager

Fans 詠唱するd さまざまな songs and red smoke filled the 空気/公表する as they あられ/賞賛するd their 経営者/支配人?

Supporters have been keen to pay tribute to Klopp as his nine year spell comes to an end

支持者s have been keen to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to Klopp as his nine year (一定の)期間 comes to an end

Into Anfield and there the heart would (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 faster.?

As Klopp 現れるd to the adoring 集まりs he held his 手渡す to his chest and smiled?before a rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' soaked with nostalgia and pride. And truth. A paean to his time with them.?

Klopp was fighting to 持つ/拘留する 支援する the 涙/ほころびs and the entire ground was awash with the swell of emotion only a 集団の/共同の love can bring.?

The 56-year-old might look more gaunt and grey these days than when he first joined - like any 大統領の 人物/姿/数字 in before and after photos - but nine years of relentless 圧力 could not 抑える his 教祖的指導力 and showmanship.

The German turned to the fans behind him and waved a wave they will remember forever, tracing that 社債 between sideline and stand with the flicks of a 手渡す.?

旗s 献身的な to Klopp filled the stadium and 支持者s (一定の)期間d out the phrase: 'DANKE JURGEN YNWA'. どこかよそで, a 旗,新聞一面トップの大見出し/大々的に報道する 言及/関連ing his 'doubters into 信奉者s' speech was held aloft.

The football itself was good but not vintage, 解放する/自由な-flowing but not 解放する/自由な-得点する/非難する/20ing.?

Alexis Mac Allister and Jarell Quansah 成し遂げるd the necessary 行為/法令/行動する of sc 鉱石ing to give Klopp a 別れの(言葉,会) victory, a memento so often 否定するd to Anfield 広大な/多数の/重要なs.?

The memorabilia was on full display after nine years of a special bond between Klopp and the Reds

The memorabilia was on 十分な 陳列する,発揮する after nine years of a special 社債 between Klopp and the Reds

The German fought back the tears as fans sang a beautiful rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'

The German fought 支援する the 涙/ほころびs as fans sang a beautiful rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'

He turned to the crowd to thank supporters for their support ahead of the clash with Wolves

He turned to the (人が)群がる to thank 支持者s for their support ahead of the 衝突/不一致 with Wolves

Liverpool fans spelled out the message 'Danke Jurgen YNWA' as the teams prepared for kick off

Liverpool fans (一定の)期間d out the message 'Danke Jurgen YNWA' as the teams 用意が出来ている for kick off

The match against Wolves was Klopp's 489th and final one as manager of Liverpool

The match against Wolves was Klopp's 489th and final one as 経営者/支配人 of Liverpool

Steven Gerrard lost 6-1 at Stoke in his final match for the club, with goals from former team-mates Charlie Adam and Peter Crouch 新たな展開ing the knife.?

Though Liverpool squandered chances in the second half and could not 追加する to their thrills, at least Klopp has a parting 勝利,勝つ to treasure.?

The last seven minutes at Anfield were deafening. Klopp clapped along, the conductor of the orchestra.?

In his last few moments Klopp started the 耐える 抱擁するs, of which there would be countless.?

Caiomhin Kelleher was the first player to be taken into his embrace as the two grinned and there were hearty words 交流d with 対立 number Gary O'Neil.?

Again Klopp 圧力(をかける)d his 権利 手渡す to his heart but this time he would also blow a kiss to the Main Stand behind the dugout.

Virgil 先頭 Dijk was 涙/ほころびing up as he hugged Klopp. The Dutchman, who was 指名するd captain last summer, has been at Anfield since 2018. He 階級s i n the 最高の,を越す three 調印s of Klopp's 統治する と一緒に Alisson and Mohamed Salah.??

We won't run through all the 抱擁するs, but there were 延長するd cuddles for his long-time disciples in Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah, Alisson, Andy Robertson, and Joe Gomez.?

He shared a hearty hug with captain Virgil van Dijk after the game, grinning from ear to ear

He 株d a hearty 抱擁する with captain Virgil 先頭 Dijk after the game, grinning from ear to ear?

Klopp and Trent Alexander-Arnold showed their fondness for each other with a bear hug

Klopp and T rent Alexander-Arnold showed their fondness for each other with a 耐える 抱擁する?

Mohamed Salah, arguably his most iconic signing, was the subject of another huge embrace

Mohamed Salah, arguably his most iconic 調印, was the 支配する of another 抱擁する embrace

Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring as Liverpool went on to beat Wolves 2-0 at home

Alexis Mac Allister opened the 得点する/非難する/20ing as Liverpool went on to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Wolves 2-0 at home?

Jarell Quansah (left) scored for the second game running to give Klopp a good send-off

Jarell Quansah (left) 得点する/非難する/20d for the second game running to give Klopp a good send-off

権利 through from 青年 players to staff, he had time for everyone and looked delighted to see them before 長,率いるing inside.?

Liverpool threw a grand 儀式 for Klopp and his fellow 出発s.

Matip, Thiago, and members of his backroom team were honoured with their own segment and gifted 記念品s 祝う/追悼するing the トロフィーs they have won before Klopp finally re-現れるd to the cauldron.??

Players lined up on either 味方する outside the tunnel to give him a guard of honour and 拍手喝采する along with almost 60,000 home 支持者s.?

The only player who did not clap was Darwin Nunez, as seen in the (映画の)フィート数 we have, although it was not known why.

Not content with 単に going through and high-fiving one 味方する of the guard, Klopp ran 支援する around darted through it again to show his 評価 to the other half of players.?

Liverpool had gifts waiting for Klopp on the podium - replica トロフィーs,?同様に as でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れるd penants from cup 決勝戦, and pictures from the games. They then indulged the 集まりs by 手渡すing this man a microphone.

In that speech, Klopp thanked fans and 勧めるd them to not be downcast.

Players formed a guard of honour and fans applauded as he stepped up to receive his gifts

Players formed a guard of honour and fans 拍手喝采する as he stepped up to receive his gifts?

Kenny Dalglish congratulated Klopp as he prepared to give his final speech to fans

Kenny Dalglish congratulated Klopp as he 用意が出来ている to give his final speech to fans?

Klopp chanted the name of his successor, Arne Slot, to fire up fans' passion for him

Klopp 詠唱するd the 指名する of his 後継者, Arne Slot, to 解雇する/砲火/射撃 up fans' passion for him?

Alexander-Arnold was crying as Klopp addressed the crowd one last time

Alexander-Arnold was crying as Klopp 演説(する)/住所d the (人が)群がる one last time

Indeed, he 主張するd they must welcome his likely 後継者, Feyenoord boss Arne Slot, with as much warmth as they embraced him.?

'Arne Slot, la la la la la,' he sang to the tune of "Live is Life" by Austrian 禁止(する)d Opus, taking the (人が)群がる with him.?

'The new 経営者/支配人, I want you to sing his 指名する. You welcome the new 経営者/支配人 like you welcomed me. When the next season starts, go 十分な throttle into it with the new 経営者/支配人. And you keep believing and you 押し進める the team. Change is good.

'No one tells you to stop believing. This club may be in the best position ever.

'We decide if we are worried or excited. We decide if we believe. We decide if we 信用 or don't 信用 and since today I am one of you and I keep believing in you.??

'I saw a lot of people crying, same to me too, but change is good. If you go with 権利 態度 and everything will be 罰金.

'There has been such a long lead-up to this day and it was really 激しい. I had my bad moments 同様に but, thank God, not today. I'm just thankful for what happens.

'When you are in it, you forget いつかs how 広大な/多数の/重要な it is. You take it for 認めるd. Now I stand here, I'm just so happy I'm a part of the club's history. It's wonderful.'

Slot will take charge of Liverpool following a successful stint at Rotterdam-based Feyenoord

Slot will take 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 of Liverpool に引き続いて a successful stint at Rotterdam-based Feyenoord

Klopp's wife Ulla was moved as she wiped away tears while her husband delivered a farewell speech to Liverpool fans

Klopp's wife Ulla was moved as she wiped away 涙/ほころびs while her husband 配達するd a 別れの(言葉,会) speech to Liverpool fans

Klopp and his wife Ulla, pictured here on holiday in Sylt in Germany in May 2018, have relaxing plans for their retirement

Klopp and his wife Ulla, pictured here on holiday in Sylt in Germany in May 2018, have relaxing 計画(する)s for their 退職

'The atmosphere was 広大な/多数の/重要な - thanks for ignoring my request to not sing my song!"

'If you sing it next year, that will be funny! It doesn't feel like an end. It feels like a start. Today, I saw a football team playing 十分な of 願望(する). That's one part of 開発. That's what you need.

'This attention is uncomfortable but in this time I realise some things. People told me that I turned them from doubters into 信奉者s - but that isn't true. We have this stadium, training centre and you - the 最高の 力/強力にする of world football!'

Klopp 追加するd: 'I am one of you now. I love you to bits. I will never walk alone again - thank you for that.'

Love you to bits. It's a uniquely British phrase 示唆するing that every ounce of one's 存在 is 注ぐd into the 行為/法令/行動する.?

It's the sort of phrase Klopp might not have known on his arrival from Borussia Dortmund - even if 2022 he thought 'brain 霧' was 'brain f***' - and it shows how he has transcended 境界s to become an 可決する・採択するd Scouser.?

'Thank you luv,' read the message on the 前線 of his hoodie, と一緒に a heart. His wife, Ulla, was wiping away 涙/ほころびs as his 演説(する)/住所 reached its 最高潮.?

The joviality didn't end there. Next (機の)カム the 握りこぶし pumps to each stands and the line of players stood before the Kop.

At times Klopp could not speak because the fans were singing for him with such vigour

At times Klopp could not speak because the fans were singing for him with such vigour?

He, players, and staff ran over to the Kop to show their appreciation for their support

He, players, and staff ran over to the Kop to show their 評価 for their support

Klopp took his time going round the stadium and acknowledged every stand on his victory lap

Klopp took his time going 一連の会議、交渉/完成する the stadium and 定評のある every stand on his victory (競技場の)トラック一周?

Klopp almost bowled over a camera man as he ran to join the 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集める と一緒に Jayden Danns, making banterous conversation with a new boy on the 封鎖する a third of his age. Other 経営者/支配人s might not find many words to say to an 18-year-old peripheral 人物/姿/数字. Klopp had plenty.?

支援する in the dressing room there were more 表現s of love, 深い and direct.?

Many of his players looked drained and 爆撃する-shocked as he spoke, the reality of his 差し迫った 出口 夜明けing on them. Would they ever have another 経営者/支配人 like him?

'The football you are able to play is 絶対 ridiculous,' he said. 'I can't wait, watching you developing, making the next steps.'

After 存在 told that Manchester City had won their fourth 肩書を与える in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 - with Liverpool the last team to stop them in 2020 - Klopp 追加するd: 'You can do that again. I said to you this morning. There might be some people that say to you: "That's not enough." I tell you, they don't have a 手がかり(を与える) about football.

'Could we have done better in moments? Yes, of course, that's always possible. But did we do better than you can usually 推定する/予想する? Oh yes, because it takes longer to become a 最高の,を越す team again, and you did that like this (clicks fingers).

'Then my 期待s went (high) and then we couldn't keep the pace. That's the problem a little bit.

'Guys, we come in third in the first sea son with Liverpool 2.0 and 今後 with new energy from outside, with new 影響(力)s, with new 押し進める, 証明するing yourselves, that's good for squeezing everything out of your career.

He gave a passionate final address to his players, telling them that the 'sky is the limit' for them

He gave a 熱烈な final 演説(する)/住所 to his players, telling them that the 'sky is the 限界' for them?

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''I just want to say: I love you. 'It was absolutely outstanding. Thank you for the ride, I'm so proud of you and I'm so proud that I have been allowed to be part of this'

''I just want to say: I love you. 'It was 絶対 優れた. Thank you for the ride, I'm so proud of you and I'm so proud that I have been 許すd to be part of this'?

'I just want to say: I love you.?

'It was 絶対 優れた. Thank you for the ride, I'm so proud of you and I'm so proud that I have been 許すd to be part of this.

'Thank you very much, and the sky is the 限界 for you boys.'

Poignant words packed with the 力/強力にする to carry their sails beyond his reach. As Klopp lets go of the wheel, he is 井戸/弁護士席 aware of the need to imbue his players and fans with the same devotion to Slot, who will move into the office he has left behind.

Klopp took a final photo with the few fans left in Anfiel d around three hours after the final whistle after 広範囲にわたる interviews. A 部分 of stewards boxed them in to their seats, lest there was some minor 反乱 in the 9pm 微風. There wasn't. But there were 抱擁する smiles under the setting sun.?

At this point you'd 許す Klopp for calling time on his day and putting his feet up, perhaps whipping out a 瓶/封じ込める of Peroni as he loves and watching Match of the Day memorialise him.?

There was just one thing left to do: party.

The 発生地 was the Titanic Hotel at the 王室の Albert ドッキングする/減らす/ドックに入れる, where he enjoyed a meal with players and staff.?

Klopp danced on 行う/開催する/段階 as John Barnes 成し遂げるd a 見解/翻訳/版 of Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill ギャング(団)

Klopp partied with his Liverpool players, as shown in a now-deleted video on X

Klopp partied with his Liverpool players, as shown in a now-削除するd ビデオ on X

Any decorum of a sit-負かす/撃墜する meal soon dissipated into a boozy night out on the town.

Wafted with rapture only the night can bring, Klopp 設立する himself on 行う/開催する/段階 with 非,不,無 other than club legend John Barnes, who rapped as Klopp 破産した/(警察が)手入れするd out his funkiest dance moves.??

His trademark cap was flipped backwards as he moved to the rhythm 始める,決める by the music and Barnes, who 成し遂げるd a 見解/翻訳/版 of Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill ギャング(団).

The 56-year-old was also joined by the players and coaches on 行う/開催する/段階 for a rendition of The Best by Tina Turner.?

どこかよそで, he had his arm around Liverpudlian MMA 闘士,戦闘機 米,稲 Pimbl ett, while his other 手渡す cradled a gin.??

This was Klopp at his 'normal one' best - it's hard to imagine some エリート 経営者/支配人s letting their hair 負かす/撃墜する as much as Klopp, or even just having as much hair as he does considering the 量 of 強調する/ストレス he has been under.?

It'd be even trickier to 選ぶ out a 経営者/支配人 who would bounce around in the middle of a 暴徒 of players in a nightclub, but don't put anything past Klopp.

Young Josh Koumas - a relation for former 星/主役にする Jason and 現在の starlet 吊りくさび - 株d a now-削除するd ビデオ of the German doing just that.

At first looking わずかに 自信のない, Klopp quickly gets into the groove as he is churned into the middle of the pack, bopping as eg ged on by Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, and others.?

'Had worse Sundays, what a man,' Koumas wrote on X, 以前は Twitter, also 株ing a photo with Klopp.

For some 充てるs, there would hardly be a better Sunday.?

Klopp's 見通し for his life now is radically different to this thunderous, chest-強くたたくing, carousing, 人民党員 存在 he has led on the pedestal of Liverpool, a de facto 市長 and tribe leader and friend.?

He said in January that he was 'running out of energy'. Enough of the long hours, the frazzled emotional tether, and showmanship.?

He wants to learn to cook 適切に and take dance classes?with his wife. In Mallorca they are creating an '生態学の family 楽園' after buying a 郊外住宅 for £3.4million. 静かな moments will be spent there and in Germany, where he does not get 支援する often enough for his liking.?

'It's not important what people think when you come in,' he said upon joining. 'It's much more important what people think when you leave.'?

Klopp and Ulla are 
retiring to an 'ecological family paradise' in Mallorca and will spend time in Germany also

Klopp and Ulla are retiring to an '生態学の family 楽園' in Mallorca and will spend time in Germany also??

The departing Liverpool manager purchased the villa for £3.4million back in 2022

The 出発/死ing Liverpool 経営者/支配人 購入(する)d the 郊外住宅 for £3.4million 支援する in 2022?

Kl
opp intends to take extended time out and wants to learn to cook properly and take dance classes

Klopp ーするつもりであるs to take 延長するd time out and wants to learn to cook 適切に and take dance classes?

In Klopp's final 24 hours at Liverpool he squeezed out every ounce of energy and love that he could. That way he has lived for the past nine years and beyond.?

That is how he arrived, that is how he will be remembered, and that is how he will continue to live - even if that's by pool rather than pitch.??