Jurgen Klopp is to step down as Borussia Dortmund manager this summer. The 47-year-old German will seek a new challenge  with a move to the Premier League likely. Klopp and Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke confirmed in a press conference reports that he will officially leave at the end of June after seven successful years at the club. An emotional Klopp said: 'As a person, I would have liked to see that something so beautiful does not have to come to an end.' Jurgen Klopp confirmed in a press conference he is to leave Borussia Dortmund this summer . An emotional Klopp said he believed Dortmund needed a change of manager . Klopp will officially cease to be Dortmund manager on June 30 . Klopp has enjoyed seven largely successful years in charge at the Westfalenstadion . The emotion was clear to see as Klopp announced he was leaving the club . Klopp leaves the press conference after confirming his departure as Dortmund boss in the summer . Klopp was alongside chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke (left) and sporting director Michael Zorc (right) After the press conference, Klopp joined the Dortmund squad for a training session . Klopp speaks to the players in training, shortly after making the announcement he would be leaving the club . Dortmund are preparing for their home Bundesliga match with Paderborn at the weekend . Klopp issues instructions to his defender Mats Hummels during Wednesday's training session . Klopp, wearing a club tracksuit and baseball cap, cuts a lonely figure on the training ground . A downcast Klopp during Dortmund's 3-1 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend . Martin Samuel on why Premier League clubs should be trying to entice Klopp . He denied reports that he will take a year-long sabbatical because of exhaustion following a difficult season in which Dortmund have flirted with relegation from the Bundesliga. Klopp said: 'I don't think of it as a load off my shoulders. I'm not tired, even though I look like this. 'I have had no contact with another club, but I am not planning a sabbatical.' Klopp has long been linked with a move to the English top flight and this news will have Arsenal and Manchester City, among others, on alert. Bookmakers immediately installed Manchester City as the favourites to secure Klopp's services though the club insist they have no interest in him. Speculation has mounted that Manuel Pellegrini will be sacked in the summer after City's season unravelled, with Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola another name linked with the Etihad Stadium job. Dejected Dortmund players Neven Subotic, Mats Hummels, Sokratis and Ciro Immobile after Saturday's loss . The season has been one of struggle for Dortmund, who flirted with relegation from the Bundesliga . April 18 Paderborn (H) April 25 Eintracht Frankfurt (H) April 28 Bayern Munich (A) DFB-Pokal Semi-final . May 2 Hoffenheim (A) May 9 Hertha Berlin (H) May 16 Wolfsburg (A) May 23 Werder Bremen (H) Reflecting on the need for a change, Klopp said: 'I am sure that the decision is absolutely right. This team deserves to have the absolutely one hundred per cent right coach. 'I believe that Borussia Dortmund actually needs a change. A major problem certainly is - as long as I'm here, we are always considering the successes of the past.' Klopp will not be severing all ties with the club, however, saying that he has already reserved three season tickets for the next campaign. Before the press confernece, Klopp embraced club CEO Watzke, who said: 'We had talks with Jurgen in the last days and came to the mutual decision that the way will end at the end of the season. 'It has been difficult for us because we have a very special relationship with each other. You can be certain that all the Borussen will forever be thankful to you.' Klopp shakes hands with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger before their Champions League tie in November . The news about Klopp's future will place a number of Premier League clubs on alert . Bundesliga 2010-11, 2011-12 . German Cup 2011-12 . DFL-Supercup 2013, 2014 . T-Home Supercup 2008 . UEFA Champions League runner-up 2012-13 . German Manager of the Year 2011, 2012 . KLOPP'S RECORD AT DORTMUND . Pld 309 W 175 D 67 L 67 Win % 56.63 . An equally emotional Dortmund sporting manager Michael Zorc told Klopp: 'I think we wrote a modern fairytale in the last years with you as the key figure, Jurgen. 'Everyone at BVB, especially the players, should give you the send-off you deserve in the next weeks.' In his time at the Westfalenstadion, he has won two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup, as well as guiding the team to the Champions League final in 2013. Bild reported that the former Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel, 41, is in the frame to take over though Watzke was not prepared to comment on Klopp's successor. Although Klopp is contracted to Dortmund until 2018, he is seeking a new challenge following a difficult season in which the club have struggled for form. Sitting in 10th position, Dortmund find themselves 37 points behind rivals and league leaders Bayern Munich. But even this is an improvement on a catastrophic first half of the season in which they won just four league games before the winter break and sat bottom for three weeks. They suffered further embarrassment in the Champions League, beaten 3-0 at home by Juventus in the second leg of their last-16 tie to complete a 5-1 aggregate defeat. Bild claimed the relationship between Klopp and bosses Watzke and Zorc has become increasingly strained. Bild also claim that Zorc met with Tuchel back in April 2014 amid speculation that Klopp was set to join a Premier League club then. 15/8 - Man City . 11/2 - Real Madrid . 6/1 - Arsenal . 6/1 - Liverpool . 7/1 - Barcelona . 10/1 - Chelsea . 10/1 - Bayern Munich . 12/1 - Man United . 17/1 - Everton . 33/1 - Southampton . 33/1 - Atletico Madrid . 45/1 - Newcastle . 45/1 - West Ham . Odds courtesy of Paddy Power, correct at time of publication .
Jurgen Klopp's seven-year stint at Borussia Dortmund will end on June 30 . Premier League clubs on alert after the shock news from Germany . Klopp has denied suggestions he is exhausted and wants a break . Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke confirmed news in press conference . The 47-year-old has been linked to Arsenal and Man City jobs . Klopp has won two league titles and the German Cup in seven years there . Klopp: 'I believe that Borussia Dortmund actually needs a change'