Jurgen Klopp on three-man shortlist for Uefa Coach of the Year after leading Liverpool to first Premier League title
JURGEN KLOPP has been nominated for the Uefa coach of the year award after he led Liverpool to their first league title last season.
Klopp has been placed on a three-man shortlist for the prestigious award alongside Bayern Munich’s boss Hansi Flick and RB Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann.
The shortlist was selected by the 80 coaches of the clubs which participated in the group stages of the 2019/20 Champions League and Europa League.
They were assisted by 55 journalists from each of Uefa’s 55 member associations, selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group.
The winner of the award will be announced on October 1 at the Champions League group stage draw ceremony.
Klopp guided Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years, which they won with seven games to spare and finished on 99 points.
In the season before last, he also led the Reds to Champions League glory.
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This is in addition to the Super Cup and Club World Cup which was won this year.
He fell one year short on his prediction that he would win the league at Liverpool within four years when he joined the club.
Speaking at his first press conference at Anfield he said: “If I sit here in four years, I am pretty confident we will have one title.”
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But after achieving his goal of bringing the coveted silverware to Liverpool he recently shocked fans with the admission that he may retire once his contract expires.
Speaking to Gianluca Di Marzio, Klopp said: “I hope to continue like this, but in two, three years I don’t know what may happen.
“Maybe I’ll retire.”