LIFE'S A BEACH Jurgen Klopp opens up on new life in £3m Majorca villa but ex-Liverpool boss admits retirement is ‘out of the question’
The German is maxing and relaxing following his Anfield departure
Posted Saturday, June 01, 2024 by Thesun.co.uk
JURGEN KLOPP is slowly but surely getting used to life without football.
The German manager is currently unemployed after his nine-year love affair with Liverpool came to an end following the culmination of the 2023-24 season.
Klopp will now have plenty of time to spend with his wife Ulla Sandrock Credit: REX
Klopp, however, won't be immediately jumping back into a dugout as he plans to take a break from management to spend some time with his wife Ulla Sandrock.
But he'll soon be jumping into a plush pool at his stunning villa in Majorca.
The 56-year-old spent £3.4million on the amazing mansion, where he'll spend his days relaxing after "running out energy" in his final years at Anfield.
He told BILD: "I've dreamed of having a house in the south all my life.
"I like the weather, the climate, I like the people.
"There are lots of things I like here and also people I already know. It's not like I'm looking for new friends.
"I already have friends for life, and if some of them are here too, that's cool."
As much as he loves the Balearic island, Klopp won't permanently up sticks to the Spanish hotspot.
"I don't want to emigrate," he revealed. "We go on holiday here every now and then.
"But when I'm here, I want everything to be as I know it.
"That's totally boring but the point is that I want to get to know a different life, but not somewhere in the jungle or on the mountain."
Part of the attraction of having a home away from home in Majorca for Klopp was the facilities in place for when he eventually calls it a day.
He admitted: "We're getting older and the medical care here is great.
"There are many German doctors and I would like to be able to understand every word, how I feel and so on, when the problems become bigger."
Although he admits he's no longer a spring chicken, retirement couldn't be any further from Klopp's mind.
He said: "It's out of the question that I'll stop working altogether.
"But I don't see myself continuing at the same pace as before at the moment."
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