Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is unsure about the prospect of never leaving the Premier League giants but feels the length of his new four-and-a-half-year contract feels “like forever in football” any which ways.
The Premier League leaders confirmed that Klopp has committed to a new contract on Friday with a two-year extension to his previous deal which will keep him at Anfield until the summer of 2024.
The extension of the deal comes as a just reward for the Reds’ outstanding start to the 2019-20 campaign as Liverpool sit eight points clear at the Premier League summit having only failed to win only one out of their 16 games so far this term.
However, if Klopp manages to see out his new contract, he will have been at the Premier League club for almost nine years, having taken up the head coach role back in 2015.
Despite the positive trend in Liverpool’s football on a whole of late, the German was unwilling to commit to never leaving the club, acknowledging the significance of the length of the new deal.
Speaking to reporters before the Watford game the 52-year-old was asked whether he would prefer a lifelong deal with Liverpool and he replied by saying, “Forever? I’m not sure, but I think four-and-a-half years from now sounds like forever in football. It would be nine years, the longest spell I’ve been at a club. I’m just looking forward to it. One reason for this extension is so we don’t speak about it anymore because that’s very important. I understand the questions, but for the next three-and-a-half years, no one has to talk about it. We will see what happen”
