Paddy Power share hilarious clip on social media urging users to call ‘Jurgen Klopp hotline’ after Liverpool boss’ shock exit announcement
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Paddy Power shared a hilarious clip on social media after Jurgen Klopp announced his shock departure from Liverpool on Friday.
The video has been created as an ‘urgent appeal to Liverpool supporters everywhere’ and shows ‘Graeme’ submitting a request for medical leave after finding out Klopp would be leaving Liverpool.
It remains a parody of Graeme, who, despite having two children and being married, insisted Klopp had been ‘the best of his life’ for the past eight years.
“There are thousands more like Graeme,” the clip continues, before sharing the “Jurgen Klopp hotline” where users can call to hear how Klopp “turns doubters into believers” or “his infectious laugh.”
Fans were quick to respond to the hilarious viral clip, enjoying the light-hearted refrain from Liverpool’s sad news.
Jurgen Klopp shocked the football world on Friday when he announced his decision to leave at the end of the current season
One user wrote: ‘Hahaha great! This requires an increase. Well played!’
“The best part is: ‘He is married with two children, but the best thing in his life was always Jurgen Klopp,’” wrote another.
Another person who used the hotline chimed in: “I actually can’t believe the number is real.”
“I hope it’s a toll free number, I’ve called 64,789 times so far…” one end user posted.
Liverpool fans have been devastated by the news, with one fan breaking down in tears while calling talkSPORT on Friday.
Tributes for the manager have been pouring in from the Reds’ fanbase, with one telling Mail Sport: ‘He needs a statue and a standard. What can I say about him? Such a great guy and character, who we all fell in love with.
‘He has been a fantastic manager for us, but as a person we have seen the real Jurgen Klopp.’
Klopp announced he will step down as Liverpool boss at the end of the 2023/2024 season.
In an impressive interview on Friday morning that has turned the sport on its head, the 56-year-old German boss claimed he has ‘no energy left’ after nine years of winning the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup at Anfield won. . He also hinted that he might never succeed in football again.
Klopp is looking forward to taking a break from football so he can live a ‘normal life’
Klopp is proud of his team’s rebuild this season but admits last summer’s transfer window left him exhausted
“I will leave the club at the end of the season,” he said. ‘I can understand that it is a shock for many people at the moment when you hear it for the first time, but of course I can explain it – or at least try to explain it.
‘It’s that, how should I put it, I have no energy anymore. I don’t have a problem with it now, of course I knew for some time that I would have to announce it at some point, but I’m doing absolutely fine now.
“I know I can’t do the job again and again and again and again.”