The Liverpool boss has recorded a special festive message in which he sends his best wishes to Reds fans and reflects on the past year.
Read Jurgen Klopp’s Christmas message for 2022 now in full below:
«A message at Christmas morning.
There are some songs crossing my mind, but I don’t want to bother you every year with my voice: «Last Christmas I gave you my heart». Wow, I Set really high standards, didn’t I? You know much better than I what you want to sing on that day. I have special movies I like to watch in that per iod of the year. Love Actually is one of them. I’m pretty sure we will watch in this year again. In the crazy world we are living in at the moment, it’s really nice to see these kinds of movies where the subjects are not as serious as they are in the real world.
From a sports point of view, 2022 was a pretty successful year, I would say. It started with the Carabao Cup final. The FA Cup final was special. I enjoyed it so much. Then the league was obviously pretty spectacular as well. We were close again. I know that’s not that much appreciated, I get that, when you come close. But from a coach’s point of view, I’m really proud of that. The Champions League final… Mr Courtois had a pretty good day. We did quite well, but it didn’t feel like it that night. It didn’t feel like it for different reasons, which we didn’t know exactly directly after the game, when we were already down. But when we heard the stories from our families, what happened around the stadium, then. It was clear: it was a special night for the absolute wrong reasons. And so, it will not be a Champions League final we will remember for the rest of our lives. What we will remember for the rest of our lives was the day after the Champions League final.
You give your absolute everything, and you get a lot, but not everything. If that’s not worth a celebration, that would be the worst sign you could give to the outside world. That’s why we celebrated two cup competitions, two cup wins, two big, big campaigns. And… that we are together, and that we are alive. And that we love each other, and that we can be different and what to show a reaction in a different way. This club is so special, and on that day, if anybody didn’t know it before, this day was the final proof of that – it was absolutely outstanding, I have no words for it. Now, when I’m talking about it, I still get goose bumps.
The new season starts, it didn’t work out exactly like we expected, but that’s how life is, you have to deal with the circumstances. We fought ourselves through and we are in punching distance. And that’s all I need. It’s Christmas day, it’s the Christmas of our lives – that’s how we should celebrate it. The older I get, the more grey my beard gets, the more I look like Santa Claus. But every year it’s a special time. Even for a 55-year-old man, I’m looking forward to it, because the family’s coming together. And from here we go again, can’t wait. For New Year’s Eve, and then for 2023. And try to learn the mistakes we or other people made in 2022, and to work together and to help each other. And make it the best year of our lives – let’s try it together.
Merry, merry Christmas.»
