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Source: ESPN
Klopp ‘surprised’ by Firmino’s decision to leave
Agency :
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said he was “a little bit surprised” by Roberto Firmino’s decision to leave the club at the end of the season but wants to end the Brazilian forward’s eight-year Anfield career on a high.
Firmino, whose contract expires in June, has helped Liverpool win the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Club World Cup among other major honours since joining them from Hoffenheim in June 2015.
“Surprised? Yes, a little bit – it could go two ways and it went one. And I respect that a lot,” Klopp told reporters on Friday. “But it’s completely normal in this kind of long relationship that we have and Bobby has with the club.
“He told me and then the only other thing he said is, ‘Now I want to bring this wonderful story to a positive end’.”
Firmino, 31, has scored 108 goals in more than 350 games in all competitions and was part of a potent attacking trio with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, who left for Bayern Munich last June, that helped Liverpool win the 2019-20 league title.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said he was “a little bit surprised” by Roberto Firmino’s decision to leave the club at the end of the season but wants to end the Brazilian forward’s eight-year Anfield career on a high.
Firmino, whose contract expires in June, has helped Liverpool win the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Club World Cup among other major honours since joining them from Hoffenheim in June 2015.
“Surprised? Yes, a little bit – it could go two ways and it went one. And I respect that a lot,” Klopp told reporters on Friday. “But it’s completely normal in this kind of long relationship that we have and Bobby has with the club.
“He told me and then the only other thing he said is, ‘Now I want to bring this wonderful story to a positive end’.”
Firmino, 31, has scored 108 goals in more than 350 games in all competitions and was part of a potent attacking trio with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, who left for Bayern Munich last June, that helped Liverpool win the 2019-20 league title.
