Roma defender Mats Hummels is set to retire from playing at the end of the season.
Hummels joined Roma last summer but has made some high-profile errors. The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich centre-half has decided to quit.
He said (via X): “I’ve seen so many guys, so many coaches, who I owe a lot to. Without them, my whole career would never have got off the ground or reached this level.”
Hummels concludes the video post by discussing his career, saying: “I will miss it. I will miss it terribly.”
Klopp, who used to babysit Hummels for his manager, gave him his big break at Dortmund. They won two Bundesliga titles, a DFB Pokal and reached the final of the UEFA Champions League.
Hummels is only the fifth player after Olaf Thon, Michael Zorc, Holger Fach, Bernd Nickel and Willi Neuberger to score in 16 consecutive Bundesliga campaigns.
It took him until his fourth top-flight season to score his first league goal for Dortmund in a 3-3 draw against Werder Bremen in 2007/08.
