At the end of January, J\u00fcrgen Klopp announced his departure at the end of the season after nine years at Liverpool. A scenario that took his players some time to digest, like Trent Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\r\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold and his team-mates initially thought it was a joke. This Sunday, on the sidelines of the 2-1 victory over Brighton, the Liverpool right-back spoke about the announcement of J\u00fcrgen Klopp's<\/a> departure, revealed at the end of January. According to the England international, the news “shook the Liverpool squad for hours”.<\/p>\r\n “It was a normal day. Then Klopp called a meeting at 10.30am, something we'd never done before. Everyone wondered what was going on,” he recounted, alongside former Liverpool player and now consultant Jamie Carragher, and in the presence of a journalist from <\/a>The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n How J\u00fcrgen Klopp won over Liverpool: “He integrated their sense of humor”.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n “He told us this was to be his last season, that he needed a break to spend time with his family. I didn't know what to do. We're wondering if it's a joke. Nobody expected it ,” added Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\r\n “After we left the room, everyone thought, ‘Did this really just happen? Now you have to deal with it, go to training in an hour, do your job” , recalled the Englishman, who has always known Klopp<\/a> at the helm of the Reds. Leading the Premier League with nine games remaining, Liverpool are also involved in the Europa League quarter-finals (against Atalanta). A potential grand finale for Klopp after nine years in charge.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n\u00a0This article originally written by L'\u00c9quipe's\u00a0 Arthur Verdelet<\/h3>\r\n\r\n