Jurgen Klopp coach who has been in the Premier League for the longest time due to the departure of Sean Dyche | premier league

Jürgen Klopp does not stop getting awards at the command of the Liverpool. On this occasion he achieved an important mark in English football, at the hands of a team that is fighting relegation.

Sean Dyche, who had been in charge for almost ten years, has ceased to be Burnley managerpenultimate ranked in the Premier LeagueThe club reported in a statement.

Burnley indicated that both Dyche, a 50-year-old former soccer player, and his coaching staff, made up of Ian Woan, Steve Stone and Billy Mercer, are also leaving the entity.

Remember that under his baton, since he arrived in October 2012, the team has experienced “one of the most successful periods in the club’s history”, in which he was promoted twice, finished twice in the top half of the table and even qualified for European competitions for the first time in 51 years.

“Nevertheless, the results this season have been disappointing and although it has been a very difficult decision, with eight crucial games ahead of us this season, we believe a change is needed to give the team the best possible chance of staying in the Premier“, justified the leader.

Burnley, who have lost five of their last six games, find themselves in the relegation zone, four points shy of salvation from Everton.

However, What does this have to do with Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool? As well, the German became the coach who has been in charge of a team in the English championship for the longest time.

The former Borussia Dortmund has been at Anfield for six years, six months and eight days, which is why it occupies the first place in the list of the longest-lived. Followed by neither more nor less than Pep Guardiola with a period of five years, nine months and 14 days at Manchester City and close the podium Thomas Frank with three years, five months and 30 days at the helm of Brentford.

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