jurgen klopp is to step down as borussia dortmund manager this summer the 47 year old german will seek a new challenge  with a move to the premier league likely klopp and dortmund chief executive hans joachim watzke confirmed in a press conference reports that he will officially leave at the end of june after seven successful years at the club an emotional klopp said: 'as a person, i would have liked to see that something so beautiful does not have to come to an end' jurgen klopp confirmed in a press conference he is to leave borussia dortmund this summer  an emotional klopp said he believed dortmund needed a change of manager  klopp will officially cease to be dortmund manager on june 30  klopp has enjoyed seven largely successful years in charge at the westfalenstadion  the emotion was clear to see as klopp announced he was leaving the club  klopp leaves the press conference after confirming his departure as dortmund boss in the summer  klopp was alongside chief executive hans joachim watzke (left) and sporting director michael zorc (right) after the press conference, klopp joined the dortmund squad for a training session  klopp speaks to the players in training, shortly after making the announcement he would be leaving the club  dortmund are preparing for their home bundesliga match with paderborn at the weekend  klopp issues instructions to his defender mats hummels during wednesday's training session  klopp, wearing a club tracksuit and baseball cap, cuts a lonely figure on the training ground  a downcast klopp during dortmund's 3 1 loss to borussia monchengladbach at the weekend  martin samuel on why premier league clubs should be trying to entice klopp  he denied reports that he will take a year long sabbatical because of exhaustion following a difficult season in which dortmund have flirted with relegation from the bundesliga klopp said: 'i don't think of it as a load off my shoulders i'm not tired, even though i look like this 'i have had no contact with another club, but i am not planning a sabbatical' klopp has long been linked with a move to the english top flight and this news will have arsenal and manchester city, among others, on alert bookmakers immediately installed manchester city as the favourites to secure klopp's services though the club insist they have no interest in him speculation has mounted that manuel pellegrini will be sacked in the summer after city's season unravelled, with bayern munich coach pep guardiola another name linked with the etihad stadium job dejected dortmund players neven subotic, mats hummels, sokratis and ciro immobile after saturday's loss  the season has been one of struggle for dortmund, who flirted with relegation from the bundesliga  april 18 paderborn (h) april 25 eintracht frankfurt (h) april 28 bayern munich (a) dfb pokal semi final  may 2 hoffenheim (a) may 9 hertha berlin (h) may 16 wolfsburg (a) may 23 werder bremen (h) reflecting on the need for a change, klopp said: 'i am sure that the decision is absolutely right this team deserves to have the absolutely one hundred per cent right coach 'i believe that borussia dortmund actually needs a change a major problem certainly is   as long as i'm here, we are always considering the successes of the past' klopp will not be severing all ties with the club, however, saying that he has already reserved three season tickets for the next campaign before the press confernece, klopp embraced club ceo watzke, who said: 'we had talks with jurgen in the last days and came to the mutual decision that the way will end at the end of the season 'it has been difficult for us because we have a very special relationship with each other you can be certain that all the borussen will forever be thankful to you' klopp shakes hands with arsenal manager arsene wenger before their champions league tie in november  the news about klopp's future will place a number of premier league clubs on alert  bundesliga 2010 11, 2011 12  german cup 2011 12  dfl supercup 2013, 2014  t home supercup 2008  uefa champions league runner up 2012 13  german manager of the year 2011, 2012  klopp's record at dortmund  pld 309 w 175 d 67 l 67 win % 5663  an equally emotional dortmund sporting manager michael zorc told klopp: 'i think we wrote a modern fairytale in the last years with you as the key figure, jurgen 'everyone at bvb, especially the players, should give you the send off you deserve in the next weeks' in his time at the westfalenstadion, he has won two bundesliga titles and the german cup, as well as guiding the team to the champions league final in 2013 bild reported that the former mainz coach thomas tuchel, 41, is in the frame to take over though watzke was not prepared to comment on klopp's successor although klopp is contracted to dortmund until 2018, he is seeking a new challenge following a difficult season in which the club have struggled for form sitting in 10th position, dortmund find themselves 37 points behind rivals and league leaders bayern munich but even this is an improvement on a catastrophic first half of the season in which they won just four league games before the winter break and sat bottom for three weeks they suffered further embarrassment in the champions league, beaten 3 0 at home by juventus in the second leg of their last 16 tie to complete a 5 1 aggregate defeat bild claimed the relationship between klopp and bosses watzke and zorc has become increasingly strained bild also claim that zorc met with tuchel back in april 2014 amid speculation that klopp was set to join a premier league club then 15/8   man city  11/2   real madrid  6/1   arsenal  6/1   liverpool  7/1   barcelona  10/1   chelsea  10/1   bayern munich  12/1   man united  17/1   everton  33/1   southampton  33/1   atletico madrid  45/1   newcastle  45/1   west ham  odds courtesy of paddy power, correct at time of publication 
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jurgen klopp's seven year stint at borussia dortmund will end on june 30  premier league clubs on alert after the shock news from germany  klopp has denied suggestions he is exhausted and wants a break  dortmund ceo hans joachim watzke confirmed news in press conference  the 47 year old has been linked to arsenal and man city jobs  klopp has won two league titles and the german cup in seven years there  klopp: 'i believe that borussia dortmund actually needs a change'