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Jurgen Klopp has told adoring Liverpool fans that joining the club in 2015 was the second best decision he has ever made.
The German has ended his reign at Anfield after nine years in charge, during which he won the Champions League and the Premier League.
On Tuesday evening he said goodbye to the fanbase in ‘An Evening With Jurgen Klopp’ at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
The exclusive event, organized by famous Reds fan and comedian John Bishop, was presented by the club in association with AEG and raised £37 for supporters.
Klopp was shot at Liverpool airport with his wife Ulla on Monday, ahead of the emotional event.
Jurgen Klopp claimed the move to Liverpool was the second best decision he has ever made
He returned to Liverpool for ‘An Evening with Jurgen Klopp’ at the M&S Bank Arena
And it turns out that marrying his wife is the only decision he has made that is better than signing up for the Liverpool job.
“Apart from marrying Ulla, moving to Liverpool was the best decision of my life,” Klopp told the crowd.
Seeing her in a booth, the crowd serenaded Ulla as she sang her name to Opus’ Live is Life – as they did for her husband.
Ulla is Klopp’s second wife and married the manager in 2005 after his first marriage to Sabine Klopp ended in 2001.
The former social worker met Klopp at the Munich Oktoberfest in 2005, where she was working as a waitress. They moved in together after knowing each other for just three days.
The couple has no children together, but both have sons from their respective first marriages.
They have created a paradise in Mallorca to enjoy after Klopp stepped down as Liverpool leader.
It’s a £3.4 million villa described as an ‘ecological family paradise’ in Santa Ponsa.
He revealed that marrying his second wife Ulla in 2005 was the best decision he ever made
Klopp and Ulla, pictured with their dog Emma in 2013, moved in together after just three days
Ulla – pictured with Klopp after Dortmund won the 2011 Bundesliga – was a rock at his side
The two are moving to a £3.4 million ‘ecological family paradise’ in Mallorca this summer
Klopp bid an emotional farewell to Liverpool fans earlier this month after nine years in charge
Klopp, who said he left Liverpool because he ‘ran out of energy’, bought the Mallorca home for €4m (£3.4m) from Swiss businessman and artist Rolf Knie in June 2022 and decided to renovate the 5,000 sq ft completely rebuild house. property.
His immediate neighbors include another ex-Liverpool boss, Brendan Rodgers, and his old Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.
Construction of Klopp’s new home – with a swimming pool, a hanging chair and a striped hammock in the garden – appears to be almost complete.
His farewell event started with a rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone, performed by classical singer Alfie Boe.
Klopp received rapturous applause from his admirers as he took the stage.
There was also a performance from The Lightning Seeds and thank you messages from Daniel Craig, Trevor Noah, Paddy Pimblett and Will Arnett.