Bundesliga Giants Borussia Dortmund have confirmed the departure of head coach Jurgen Klopp in simmer at the end of the season. The 47-year-old is calling time on an historic seven-year reign at Signal Iduna Park that yielded back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, a DFB Pokal win and a Champions League final appearance in 2013.
Dortmund are sitting tenth in the German Premier League as the performance of the squad isn't been up to the mark.Klopp will leave Westfalenstadion despite having three years left to run on his contract.
"Borussia Dortmund and coach Jurgen Klopp have agreed to an early termination of their contract, which originally ran to June 2018," a club statement read.
Speaking at a press conference, CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke revealed that the coach had held talks with the club on the subject over the last few days and paid tribute to Klopp.
"We had some talks on Jurgen's initiative and then made the decision that the way we have been working together incredible success over the past seven years comes to an end at the end of the season.We have a relationship that is built on trust and friendship. Therefore it is obviously a difficult situation for us.Jurgen, you can be sure that you have the eternal gratitude of BVB."
Klopp, meanwhile, insisted that he should not have anyone's gratitude and revealed that he felt that it was the right time to step aside.
"No one should be grateful to me. It is a very fair history in which both sides have given and taken,As I have said several times in recent years, I always wanted to let the club know if I didn't believe that I was the perfect coach for this extraordinary job.In the last few days and weeks I've not been sure that I'm the right person. But even I couldn't answer this question properly. Therefore I felt dutybound to myself and Watzke to be honest.I am sure that this is absolutely the right decision. This team deserves to have a 100 per cent coach on the touchline.It's not that I am tired, I don't have any contact with another club but I don't plan to take a year off either.I believe that Borussia Dortmund needs actually a change. A major problem certainly is: As long as I'm here, we are always considering the successes of the past."
Thomas Tuchel has been installed as the early favourite to replace Klopp at Signal Iduna Park.
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