Andy Robertson and Curtis Jones reveal their sadness after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp announced he will leave at the end of the season… but both insist they want to give the German a good sendoff

Liverpool duo Andy Robertson and Curtis Jones have revealed their sadness after Jurgen Klopp‘s shock announcement he is leaving the club.

Klopp surprised the footballing world last week when he let slip he will be leaving the club after nine years.

The enigmatic German has won the Premier League and Champions League while on Merseyside, but will leave the club at the end of the season.

Liverpool rallied together and responded with a strong 5-2 win over Norwich in the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon, but much of the focus of the game was on Klopp.

And speaking after the match both Jones and Robertson made it evident they were sad about him leaving, but that both wanted to end the season strongly.

Curtis Jones has enjoyed a strong run of games and form under Klopp this season

The German won the Premier League and Champions League while on Merseyside, but will leave the club at the end of the season

Robertson, who has just returned from an extended period on the sidelines with injury, revealed he was caught blindsided by the announcement.

The Scot said: “Like the rest of the world it was a bit of a shock when he told us all nobody really knew where to look or what to do but you have to respect his decision, he’s thought long and hard about it, he’s not a rash person he’s obviously thought a lot about it with his family. 

“For what he’s done for this club we’ll all be forever grateful and I think yeah he doesn’t want the fans signing his song but I think he’s going to lose that battle unfortunately!

“The fans always want to say a proper goodbye to him but for us players the one thing he asked from us is that it has to be business as usual, we have to keep fighting on all fronts we have to keep trying to keep winning games and hopefully that results in giving him a send off that he truly deserves.”

Robertson has spent a large part of this season on the sidelines with a shoulder injury picked up in October

Jones revealed his sadness about Klopp leaving but insisted nothing has changed in regards to the team’s goals

His teammate Jones, who scored in the win over Norwich, reiterated Robertson’s words and said the focus now is on the rest of the season. 

Jones insisted Liverpool need to: “Just carry on, we have our goals that we’ve set so nothing has changed, of course its sad for the whole of the club but he is a man and thats his choice so we respect that and just go with the flow.” 

It comes before a tough run of fixtures for the Reds as they travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side growing in confidence before hosting title rivals Arsenal at Anfield.