What is Jurgen Klopp’s salary at Liverpool? This is a widely asked question as the former Borussia Dortmund manager continues his successful spell in the hot seat at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp has stunned football fans across the world, after the German confirmed that he will be leaving Anfield at the end of the 2023-24 season.
With that said we thought we’d take a look at what the 56-year-old earns as Liverpool manager.
Liverpool signed Jurgen Klopp for free after asking to be released from Borussia Dortmund contract
Liverpool were lucky enough to snatch Jurgen Klopp as a free agent, just months after he decided to call time on his tenure with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and depart the club after seven years.
He asked to be released from his contract which had been due to run until 2018, and said he had no intention of taking a sabbatical. He also claimed he had no contact with any other clubs, despite the Reds job falling on his lap quite nicely months later.
Klopp left Dortmund after guiding them to two league titles and the Champions League final in 2013, where they lost narrowly to rivals Bayern Munich. He said his decision to depart was based on a number of factors, including player sales such as Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski.
Jurgen Klopp initially joined Liverpool on three-year, £15 million deal before multiple extensions
Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers in the dugout at Anfield just two months into the 2015/16 Premier League season. The Northern Irishman was relieved of his duties after three and a half years in charge, with Liverpool sitting in tenth place.
The German earned £5m a season on his initial contract, rising to £7m with bonuses for a Premier League title or Champions League qualification. His assistants at Dortmund, Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz, also made the move to Merseyside.
Nine months into his tenure at the club, Klopp and his assistants each signed six-year extensions which kept them in Liverpool until at least 2022. The club bumped his pay up to £7.5m a year as a reward for his impressive work.
In December 2019, Klopp extended his contract at the club once again until 2024. This bumper deal saw him earn a whopping £15m a season, which ended any speculation of the German potentially moving on at the end of his initial deal in 2022.
Three years later in April 2022, Klopp added yet another two years onto his contract which sees him extend his stay at Anfield until at least 2026.
Klopp helped return Liverpool to the pinnacle of both English and European football
Klopp has enjoyed a widely successful spell at Liverpool and is regarded as one of the club’s greatest ever managers. In his first season at Anfield, the German led Liverpool to League Cup and Europa League final appearances.
In May 2017, Liverpool qualified for the Champions League for the first time since 2014/15 after finishing fourth in the Premier League. He built one of the most memorable backlines in English football history featuring Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.
In 2018, Liverpool reached their first Champions League final since 2007 after beating Manchester City in the quarters and Roma in the semis. Despite losing 3-1 in the final to Real Madrid, there was much more to come from Klopp’s Reds.
They began the 2018/19 season with the best league start in the club’s history, winning their first six matches. Klopp tallied 100 wins in his first 181 matches as Liverpool manager and that season they lost just one game to eventual winners Manchester City.
Liverpool won 97 points, the third-highest total in the history of the English top-division and the most points scored by a team without winning a title. They were unbeaten at home for two seasons in a row and their 30 league wins matched a club record.
The Reds reached the Champions League final in impressive fashion, despite only qualifying for the knockout stage by virtue of goals scored after finishing second in their group. They knocked out Bayern Munich, Porto and Barcelona on their way to winning a sixth European Cup against Spurs at the Metropolitano Stadium.
Klopp won his first trophy with Liverpool and the floodgates soon opened. The season after, Klopp broke the record for most Premier League Manager of the Month awards in a campaign as Liverpool won the title with seven games left to spare.
They set a record of 22 consecutive home wins on their path to breaking a 30-year title drought. Klopp became the fastest manager in club history to record 150 league wins and Liverpool won the EFL Cup in February 2022, before lifting the FA Cup in May – beating Chelsea in both finals.
Liverpool also reached the Champions League final once again, but were pipped by Real Madrid for a second time. Klopp is undoubtedly one of English football’s greatest ever managers and still has a lot left to achieve in the sport.
Jurgen Klopp made over 300 professional appearances as a striker and defender
Klopp spent most of his professional career in Mainz from 1990 to 2001, and his attitude and commitment made him a fan-favourite at the club. Despite originally starting out as a striker, he began playing as a defender in 1995.
He retired as Mainz’s record goalscorer, scoring 56 times including 52 in the league.
Jurgen Klopp Previous Clubs Managed
After hanging up his playing boots, Klopp turned to football management and was appointed as the manager of Mainz in February 2001. He went on to win six of his first seven games in charge, helping the club avoid relegation with one game to spare.
His first full season in charge saw Mainz finish fourth in the league as they implemented Klopp’s famous pressing and counter-pressing tactics, narrowly missing promotion to Germany’s top division.
In 2002/03, the German outfit were denied promotion again on the final day of the season via goal difference but they got over the hump in 2003/04, securing promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in the club’s history.
Mainz had the smallest budget and stadium in the league but that didn’t matter to Klopp as they finished 11th in their debut campaign. They secured qualification for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup before he resigned at the end of the 2007/08 season.
Klopp joined Borussia Dortmund in May 2008, leading his side to a sixth-place finish in his first season. In 2010/11, Dortmund became the youngest side ever to win the Bundesliga before successfully defending their title in 2011/12.
The Black and Yellows won their first ever domestic double that season but were unable to recapture that special form in the following years, which led Klopp to leave his role as manager at the end of the 2014/15 season.
See below the full list of clubs managed by Jurgen Klopp:
- Mainz 05: 2001-08
- Borussia Dortmund: 2008-15
- Liverpool: 2015-present
Top Premier League Manager Salaries
- 1st – Pep Guardiola: £20m
- 2nd – Jurgen Klopp: £15m
- 3rd – Erik ten Hag: £9m
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