When a manager says they are leaving at the end of the season, it introduces a range of emotions that must be harnessed the right way
There are times when, facing the media, Jurgen Klopp feigns ignorance. It can be an unwanted question or, on the other hand, a question he welcomes but wishes to give the impression it had never crossed his mind. But he was genuinely taken aback recently when, having sent shockwaves through the sport , it was mentioned to him that Sir Alex Ferguson once called notice on his time at Manchester United — only to change his mind and stay on for… just another 11 years, as it happened.
It becomes a closed loop rather than an open loop.” When Ferguson announced he would retire at the end of that 2001-02 season, one prominent football figure urged Manchester United to get rid of him immediately. In fairness to Lazio’s then-owner Sergio Cragnotti, he was still bruised by his experience with Sven-Goran Eriksson the previous season.