Jurgen Klopp now — life after Liverpool, wife's feelings on exit, new jobs

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Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool in 2024, with the Premier League and Champions League-winning manager since taking on roles at Red Bull and the German Football LeagueJurgen Klopp and his wife Ulla(Image: Getty Images)It has been just over two years since Jurgen Klopp departed his role as Liverpool manager.The iconic German coach has been embracing life away from the dugout after choosing to bring his eight-and-a-half-year tenure at Anfield to an end. It was later confirmed that the 58-year-old would also be joining the German Football League (DFL) on an expert panel aimed at improving the game, alongside his responsibilities with Red Bull.Yet Klopp's departure from Liverpool has also afforded him greater opportunity to step back from the sport.

The world will not change overnight just because we are a week somewhere, and that's how it should be, and it never was, and now it is like that."Wife's thoughts on decisionJurgen and Ulla wed in 2005, and the former Liverpool manager has outlined his wife's impact on his career decisions. Klopp had been due to depart Anfield in 2024 before agreeing to fresh terms in 2022.Though he would ultimately leave before his new deal expired, Klopp said at the time: "The most important contract I signed in my life was the one with Ulla.

And that's why it started again, because actually we sat at the kitchen table and Ulla said, 'I can't see us leaving in 2024.' I said, 'What?' That's how it all started, and when that started, I thought, 'Let's have a think.'"Liverpool returnKlopp returned to the Liverpool dugout as Kenny Dalglish's assistant for the annual legends match at Anfield in March. And I want to be really close again."He added: "Oh?