Jurgen Klopp pictured as ex-Liverpool boss begins new life in Spain

Jurgen Klopp has begun life after Liverpool with the legendary manager pictured in Spain as he begins his break from football.

Klopp’s nine-year spell at the Reds drew to a close at an emotionally-charged but celebratory Anfield on Sunday.

The 56-year-old has quickly taken to life outside the game as he jetted into Majorca with his wife Ulla.

MailOnline revealed earlier this week that Klopp was set to stay at a luxury five-star hotel in the Balearic Islands.

Klopp will stay in the hotel in five-star Kimpton Aysla Hotel with his wife of 20 years, Ulla, while construction work finishes on their new £3.4million villa.

The mansion has been billed as an ‘ecological family paradise’, which he purchased in in June 2022 for €4million (£3.4m) from Swiss businessman and artist Rolf Knie and decided to completely rebuild.

Klopp revealed last week that his initial plans after leaving Liverpool were to have a holiday and go to the Champions League final to watch his former team Borussia Dortmund. 

‘It’s not that I tried a lot (previously to go on holiday), so I didn’t have time,’ Klopp told Liverpool’s club website.

‘I had time but a summer holiday for me at least at the end of the season was like falling on the first available sunbed and having a phone here and talking to agents, sporting directors, stuff like that.

‘Having no training sessions, yes, but the rest was pretty much still going on. So that means I didn’t see one per cent of the world for nothing.

‘Now we will do nothing, we will watch the Euros here and there, (I’m) really looking forward to that and then a holiday doing nothing and then the plan is start to travel and we will see how that goes.’

Klopp took to his newly launched Instagram account to update fans on his holiday, which has included playing padel.

‘What I’ve been up to? Working on my game!’ Klopp captioned a clip.  

‘Five days ago was the big goodbye,’ Klopp said. ‘I still try to process everything, what happened that day and then in the days around. Slightly settled now.

‘I am actually not sure if I said it clear enough, thank you, thank you for everything.

‘Thank you for the love, thank you for the support, it was a wonderful day.

‘The best experience I could have ever imagined, really outstanding.

‘Now, what I am doing is I try, no, I follow my other big passion, I try to improve my padel game.

‘I started a few days ago, today is my third session and I started on an extremely low level, didn’t play for a while and felt it immediately.

‘Step by step I will get there.’

MailOnline revealed this week that Klopp and his wife Ulla have become honorary members at the exclusive Mallorca Country Club.

Insiders told MailOnline the manager has already visited the €2,800-a-year club to play padel – a hybrid of squash and tennis.

Sources described Klopp as ‘charismatic and cheerful’ and revealed how the popular coach has already made a good impression, stopping to take selfies with members and staff.

Klopp has previously admitted he is ‘addicted’ to the sport and even had a padel court installed at Liverpool’s training ground.

As well as having three padel courts, the Mallorca Country Club boasts six grass courts, one hard court, five clay courts, one pickleball court, a gym, a pool, an ice bath, a sauna and a member’s lounge and restaurant.

Former World No 1 tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber were practicing on the courts on Saturday, while the club is also hosting the ATP Tour next month.

Klopp and his wife are among a select group honorary members which includes Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Boris Becker, Novak Djokovic and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

The Kimpton Aysla Hotel, where the cheapest room is around £500-a-night, is located down the road from Klopp’s villa.

His nearby neighbours will include another ex-Liverpool boss, Brendan Rodgers, and his old Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.

Construction on Klopp’s new home – which features a swimming pool, a hanging chair and a stripy hammock in the garden – appears to be near completion, just in time for the manager’s departure from Liverpool. But the fact he is staying at a hotel suggests that work is not entirely done yet.

Before and after pictures show that Klopp has replaced the playful front gate, which used to feature elephants on it, with a simple yet sleek entrance.

Behind the new gate is a long drive lined with palm trees leading up to the villa.

There is also a large patio decked out with a seating area and sunloungers overlooking the swimming pool and landscaped garden.

It also appears that the German manager has built an area at the end of the spacious garden to play bowls – a sport which he previously played with Liverpool fans in 2016.

It’s understood Klopp has transformed his villa into a eco-friendly home where electricity consumption will be reduced by up to 75 per cent using a system where the heating and air condition is interconnected.  

The two systems are regulated by a computer to ensure the temperature in the house remains unchanged, regardless of the outside weather, Bild reports.

His new home also backs onto the Santa Ponsa Golf Club, where the likes of tennis star Rafael Nadal have played.

However, to become a member at the seven-time European tour venue, you must buy a share in the club for around €20,000 – and then fork out an additional €2,270-a-year.

The popular Santa Ponsa region is said to be home to various German celebrities, including another Jurgen.

German singer Jurgen Drews, who is known as ‘the undisputed king of Majorca’ for his impact on the party scene, also has a place in the region.

Santa Ponsa is a popular resort for partygoers and Klopp’s home is around eight minutes from the rowdy Ramon de Montcada strip which is packed with bars and clubs.

Perhaps he will be more suited to the nearby Santa Ponsa beach, where he can sit back and reminisce on a hugely successful nine years at Liverpool.

Klopp has admitted he is lacking in energy but refuted that he has retired from the game completely.

In his final press conference, he said: ‘I will work. I have just finished this job. I don’t know exactly why nobody believes I will probably not be a manager again, but I understand because obviously it seems to be a drug.

‘It looks like that as everybody comes back and everybody works until they are 70-something. I have always had the idea I won’t do that. Other people are smarter and do it in different ways, but I have to be all-in. I have to be the spark, I have to be the energiser, I have to be all these kind of things. And I am empty. That’s it.’