By season’s conclusion, Jurgen Klopp will leave his position as manager of Liverpool.
‘Best friend and brother’ David Wagner will console Jurgen Klopp on the opposing dugout today.
At Anfield, the Reds take on Norwich of the Championship in the FA Cup fourth round.
A dejected and sorrowful manager bidding farewell. This is Liverpool’s cataclysmic moment—and it’s just getting started.
David Wagner, his “best friend and brother,” will be by Jurgen Klopp’s side for a tearful day at Anfield.
The match programme for Sunday’s FA Cup encounter against Norwich does not address Klopp’s shocking declaration on Friday that he will be departing Liverpool at the end of the season because of early publication deadlines.
Although they were team mates at Mainz when they first met, Klopp did make a nice mention of Canaries manager Wagner in his programme notes. Wagner was the best man at Klopp’s wedding.
“I consider David to be a brother and my best friend because I know him so well,” Klopp remarked.
It will be a rare occasion for me to wish for his side to lose today, and I have no doubt David will feel the same way about me.
Our teams are typically each other’s second favorites that we oversee. We will definitely embrace before and, hopefully, after, but there won’t be any sentimentality in between because that’s how neither of us would want it to go.
David is an exceptional manager and leader who is ready for a wide range of tasks and difficulties.
The Kop will have the opportunity to honor Klopp for the first time since it was announced that he will be leaving Merseyside after nine years.
After Klopp’s statement on Saturday, the captain of Liverpool was the first member of the Reds to comment, acknowledging on the team website that the news was difficult for the group.
“It’s difficult to accept, as the manager holds great significance for us.”
However, he made the choice for himself and his household. That was always going to be difficult, and it really was.
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