Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp has dimisssed speculation he may be tempted to move on to Spanish giants Barcelona.
“No one has to be concerned,” Klopp told the Dortmund website.
“We are all still a little in love in this club and how the things are going here.” Klopp, 46, has been in charge at Dortmund his 2008, and his current contract runs until 2018. He won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011, a league and German cup double in 2012, and led them into the Champions League final last year.
This season Dortmund are second in the league behind freshly crowned champions Bayern Munich. The two sides also contest the German cup final on May 17.
A coaching debate started in Barcelona recently after their exit in the Champions League, the lost Spanish cup final against Real Madrid and third place only in the league behind Madrid clubs Atletico and Real.
Dortmund said that 31.1 per cent had recently voted in favour of Klopp in a poll by Spanish sports daily Marca. Gerardo Martino is the current Barca coach.
Dortmund managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that he expects Klopp to fulfil his contract, but that the club must also be prepared for a life after him.
“I rule out that he will leave us before (2018). But it is our duty to make sure that Dortmund are prepared in the best possible way when he no longer holds this function. It is a bigtask, but there is no alternative,” Watzke said.
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