Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has signed a two-year agreement extension that will keep him at Anfield until 2026, giving the club a colossal lift ahead of their chance to gain a quadruple.
Liverpool affirmed in a statement on Thursday that assistant administrators Pep Lijnders and Peter Krawietz had additionally signed agreement extensions with the Premier League club.
Klopp, who joined Liverpool from Borussia Dortmund in October 2015, had said in March he would remain in charge of the club beyond the end of his previous contract in 2024 provided that he had the energy levels.
After signing his new contract arrangement, he said there was a freshness regarding the club still that “energises” him.
“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,” Klopp said in a statement.
“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,” he added.
“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.”
Jurgen Klopp has won five trophies in seven years time since trading the Ruhr valley for Merseyside, directing Liverpool to the Champions League, Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup triumphs in 2019 preceding lifting the Premier League the last year.
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