Klopp to leave Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will leave the German Bundesliga club at the end of June, following seven largely successful years at the club.

The 47-year-old has endured a difficult season, with the club suffering its worst-ever start to a Bundesliga campaign, having ended 2014 just a single goal clear of bottom spot. Results have improved in 2015, pulling six points clear of the relegation play-off place occupied by Paderborn in 16th, but remain 37 points behind leaders Bayern Munich.

"I always said that the moment where I believe I am not the perfect coach anymore for this extraordinary club I will say so," Klopp who has spent more than 300 games at the helm of the Signal Iduna Park side said "I definitely believe this to be completely the right decision. No one should be grateful to me. Both sides have invested a lot and got a lot back.

"It's very unusual for a piece of history in football to last for seven years. As a person, I would have liked to see that something so beautiful not have to come to an end."  

— Reuters