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Klopp's back at Liverpool! Former Reds boss jets in for a final goodbye event

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Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was spotted arriving at Liverpool Airport last night as he returned to the city.

Klopp said an emotional goodbye to the club just over a week ago as he brought the curtain down on a hugely decorated nine-year spell at Anfield.

But, a final goodbye will take place on Tuesday as he attends 'An Evening With Jurgen Klopp' at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Celebrity Reds fan John Bishop will hope the exclusive event, which is being presented by the football club in association with AEG, and tickets are priced at £37.

The 56-year-old has quickly taken to life outside the game since his departure from Liverpool as he jetted into Majorca with his wife Ulla last week.

MailOnline previously revealed 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, while construction work finishes on their new £3.4million villa.

The mansion has been billed as an 'ecological family paradise', which he purchased 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.

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