BREAKING: Jurgen Klopp signs Liverpool contract extension until 2026 (The Athletic reports)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has signed a new deal that will keep him and his staff at Anfield until 2026, according to The Athletic journalist David Ornstein.

Reports emerged earlier on Thursday that the Liverpool hierarchy had opened talks over an extension to the 54-year-old’s current deal, which was due to expire in 2024.

However, The Athletic reports that those talks have already been agreed and that Klopp has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal, extending his stay at the club by at least another two years.

Klopp is the longest-serving manager in the Premier League, and the new deal would see him take his Anfield reign beyond the 10-year mark, having taken over in October 2015.

According to the Athletic's report, Mike Gordon, the president of Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group, was present at Anfield as a Pervis Estupinan own goal and a Sadio Mane effort put the Reds in control against Villarreal. Gordon was reportedly there to help get the manager's new deal wrapped up.

Klopp's agent Marc Kosicke was also present for the 2-0 victory. Klopp first took over at Liverpool in 2015, so the extension would see him bring up more than a decade at a club where he has won the Premier League and Champions League among other trophies.

Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Carabao Cup, and will meet the Blues again in the FA Cup final after overcoming Manchester City in the semis. They are also a point behind City in the Premier League with just a handful of games remaining, and could end up facing Pep Guardiola's side in the Champions League final with City holding a first-leg advantage over Real Madrid.

The German had previously suggested that he would leave Liverpool when his current contract was due to expire in 2024, before taking a sabbatical from football.

However, the report claims that Liverpool’s success this season has convinced him to extend his stay further.