Klopp to leave Dortmund in the summer

Jurgen Klopp will leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, the club have announced.

Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke told a lunchtime press conference that the club had agreed to release him early from his contract.

The charismatic German has long been linked with a job in the Barclays Premier League and Manchester City have been installed as favourites to land the highly-rated coach.

The 47-year-old has spent seven years at Dortmund, during which time he won two Bundesliga titles, the DFB-Pokal and reached the Champions League final.