Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he's run out of energy after announcing his resignation as manager.

Klopp will leave at the end of the season and spoke to the media in the afternoon after the announcement on Friday morning.

He said: "With all the responsibility you have in this job, you have to be top of your game.

"I am, but I've been doing this 24 years now. When you had or have the career I had it's almost impossible to start where I did and arrive at Liverpool.

"I always invested everything I had. I realised my resources are not endless and I prefer to pack everything into this season and then have a break or stop or whatever. We're not young rabbits any more and we don't jump as high as we did.

"This team we have with all the super things we have in this club, they need a manager at the top of his game and top level. I can't be there any more. The alternative is I go into next season and I have to try and get through it, that's not right.

"I told the club and the staff and since today everyone knows.

"I still think it's the right thing to do. I don't take these things lightly. I'm convinced it's right.

"The relief was that I made a decision for myself, I didn't know that would be the case but it was like that. today it's mixed. But I am not as emotional as I will be when it comes to an end because I spoke to the players.

"Two important things to do was to tell the owners, tell the supporters and the players. the reaction of the players was top.

"I am here and I am fully here. Until the end of the season, we have so much to do, I am fully in that.

"It's just the right thing to do and I'm convinced in the right moment because the club needs time to sort the future."

On breaking the news to the players, he also said: "The players had a lot of questions. I spoke to them together and a few after that.

"We have a really strong bond with the players so they didn't ask questions yet because we are professionals.

"The agreement you have with the team on both sides is we agree for a year, after that anything can happen with a manager.

"We are completely in that year and the boys are. They see it like that too.

"You can see the boys are in a really good mood. They weren't having a party when I told them but it was just an announcement.

"I always have to review is it still right? Many managers would have got the sack last season but there was never any intention to do that.

"I knew I would have to say when it's not right any more.

"People from the outside who are not with us might be happy. The distractions come from the outside. We will not let distractions happen. If we want we can grow even more together to squeeze everything out of the season.

"There are no guarantees that we will win anything but the fact I said I won't be manager next season doesn't mean we will fight less.

"We will be completely in it and fight. I will be here 100%. I just know I can't do the job in the future but I will do it very well right now."