Jurgen Klopp sends Liverpool fans new emotional plea - 'I mean it'

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Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool in May 2024 after nine years at the helm but the German still holds a soft spot for the Anfield faithfulJurgen Klopp expressed his gratitude to Liverpool supporters for backing him throughout his nine years at Anfield as he looked back warmly on his trophy-laden spell at the club.The former Reds manager was at the helm for nearly a decade before departing in May 2024 and secured every major honour on offer to the club, including a first league championship for 30 years, in 2020, and the Champions League a year prior.Klopp built a special connection with the club's global following during his time on Merseyside and recently made a comeback to a rapturous reception when the Liverpool Legends drew 2-2 with their Borussia Dortmund equivalents in a charity fixture for the LFC Foundation at Anfield.Klopp, who is the Foundation's honorary ambassador, was speaking to former Reds striker Peter Crouch on a podcast that was released on Wednesday morning and the legendary ex-manager revealed what the fans continue to mean to him.READ MORE: 'I didn't agree with Jurgen Klopp dropping me – the Liverpool truth will come out'READ MORE: Ibrahima Konate's Liverpool future takes new twist with agreement 'closer than ever'"I mean, we had a good time and nobody, I mean it, nobody has to say thank you to me or whatever and I hear it quite often," Klopp says."Because I have to say thank you for the exact same reasons. I do it all the time when I see people: 'Oh thank you, for supporting us over the years.'"So it is just what we needed was what we experienced and it just was our life.

We tried to do absolutely everything to be as successful as possible and it worked sometimes, sometimes it didn't."We failed big, we failed in moments and the thing is this is what I always wanted, when I am old, looking back and having a smile on my face."Nobody can think back to these nine years without a smile on their face because it was just great. Everything about it, how connected we were."So I understand 100 per cent why people are happy when they see me because I stand for this period.

And I am as happy as they are when I see them because they stand for this period [also]."And yesterday when I saw these kids at the Anfield Community Centre and they were 10 [saying]:'I love you more than my dad!' And they were two or one or not even born when I arrived!"The German, who now heads up global football at Red Bull, also believes he was able to transform Liverpool because he was afforded sufficient time to develop and strengthen the squad after taking charge in October 2015 as the successor to Brendan Rodgers.JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! It all has to develop, has to grow and that is what we did."The players, they were fantastic, but to win the Premier League, you need special players and we brought them in step by step, year by year, with money we earned from other transfers and stuff like that."I would have loved to have played a full season with Philippe Coutinho, Bobby Firmino, Sadio [Mane] and Mo [Salah].