Discussion: Why has Klopp signed a new deal at Liverpool now?

With Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League and into the last 16 of the Champions League, Jurgen Klopp has signed a new contract at the club which will run until 2024.

Klopp, whose previous deal was due to expire in June 2022, has had a huge impact at Anfield since being appointed in October 2015. In his full seasons at the club Liverpool have finished fourth, fourth and second in the Premier League, while they were runner-up in the Champions League in 2018 before beating Tottenham in the final in June to be crowned European champions for a sixth time.

In a statement today, the 52-year-old said: “For me personally this is a statement of intent, one which is built on my knowledge of what we as a partnership have achieved so far and what is still there for us to achieve.”

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