Rest well, or you’ll run out of energy. Just ask the Christian football manager, Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp is stepping down as Liverpool manager after eight and a half years in charge, saying that he is “running out of energy”. The pressures of performance and schedules are not just restricted to elite sport, says Jonny Reid. We all need to learn how to rest in God

After eight and a half years in charge, the manager of Liverpool Football Club (LFC), Jurgen Klopp, has announced that he plans to step down at the end of this season. LFC’s most successful gaffer this century cited the relentless nature of the job and his lack of energy for it as the reasons for his decision.

“It is that I am - how can I say it? - running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew…that I will have to announce it at one point. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.”

It is powerful that Klopp feels able and willing to speak about the potential for burnout in his statement, and raises important issues about professional sport particularly, and life and leadership more generally.