Jurgen Klopp hopes new contract can help lift Liverpool after ‘tough to take’ General Election

Reds manager has never been shy to state he is ‘on the left’

Liverpool have worked wonders behind the scenes (Getty)

Jurgen Klopp’s contract extension announcement was not planned to coincide with the results of the General Election, but the Liverpool manager is pleased if the news temporarily uplifted fans disheartened by the outcome.

Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party secured a majority in Thursday’s vote and the Prime Minister should now be able to get his Brexit deal through parliament. The city of Liverpool, however, is a Labour stronghold and remained as such, bucking the national trend.

Klopp has never been shy to state he is “on the left,” that he “believes in the welfare state” and he “would never vote for a party because they promised to lower the top tax rate.”

The development of the 52-year-old agreeing to remain at Liverpool until 2024 cut through some of the gloom in the city on Friday morning.

“If the people wanted a lift today and they feel it is a lift then they are welcome,” Klopp said. “That’s nice. I feel the same, it is the same strange feeling after what happened yesterday which was tough to take.

“It is how it is and now we have to see how that will go on in all parts of life.”

When asked if he feels like he needs to shoulder not just matters at the club, but of Liverpool in a wider context as well, Klopp responded: “Yes, I feel responsible for a lot of things but I don’t think too much about it.

“People make more of it than it is. I try to help this football club to be in the best possible place and then that has an impact on all the rest of things in the city, I guess.

Jurgen Klopp has extended his contract at Liverpool (Getty) (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

“I don’t feel responsible for all things in Liverpool - thank God, not. There is already enough I feel responsible for.”

Klopp admitted a sizeable part of the reason for making the longest managerial commitment of his career to the Merseysiders was not being able to walk away from strong bond cultivated at Melwood.

“All the relationships we created over the years, all the time we spent together, it was important.

“It was actually when the club asked me and I thought then about the contract and I thought then about ending - I couldn’t imagine I would leave.

“That was the moment I thought I don’t see that I will leave. Then we can start thinking about how long do I want to stay?

“I have no clue how long it will be in the end but it was not possible for me to imagine that I would leave in 2022 because of the people we have and what we’ve created here.

“It is maybe not the 100 per cent smartest way to plan a career, but for me it is the only way I can do it.

“If in the end I only had three clubs then I had sensational clubs at least and that would be OK for me.”