According to Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group, Jurgen Klopp is the best manager in world football and would be Liverpool’s first-choice candidate if they were searching for a new boss in 2019.
On Friday, the Reds confirmed that Klopp has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at the club until 2024, as they surge towards an elusive first Premier League title in 30 years.
Klopp joined the Reds back in 2015 and quickly began to oversee a steady improvement in their fortunes, reaching two finals in his first year in charge of the club.
Although Liverpool fell short at the final hurdle on both of those occasions in the EFL Cup and Europa League as well, Klopp guided Liverpool to their first Champions League final since 2007 two years later.
However, another final defeat did little to deter them and they lifted European football’s biggest prize earlier this year in Madrid after beating domestic counterparts Tottenham Hotspur in the final. Meanwhile, they are coasting towards a first league title in 30 years having dropped only two points in 16 Premier League matches this term.
Klopp’s commitment was announced before he won the Manager of the Month award for November and a stellar start to the season has made quite a happy place on the red side of Merseyside. A statement on behalf of FSG owners read their delight at Klopp’s contract extension, “We feel this represents one of the big moments of our stewardship of Liverpool so far, as we believe there is no better manager than Jurgen. It means Jurgen will oversee the ongoing transition from Melwood to the new Kirkby training base as the club continues to pursue a vision of being elite in all facets of the industry. It also provides us with continuity with the existing football operations management structure, overseen by sporting director Michael Edwards, whose input into the project cannot be overestimated. He has been – and will continue to be – as indispensably important as anyone else to the direction of Liverpool. In Jurgen and Michael, we are blessed with world-class leadership. This is a collective partnership that has seen the club reach and then re-establish itself as an elite performer at home and abroad.
