This month, Liverpool fans opened their eyes when the news came from the fiercest Premier League title rival. Pep Guardiola had brought in Jürgen Klopp’s wingman at Anfield, the coach who is credited with a significant part of Klopp’s success as Liverpool manager. How could this happen?! Guardiola says he first checked with the boss himself.
Pep Guardiola has enormous respect for Jürgen Klopp. At the same time, the two coaches were the biggest rivals in the Premier League for a long time. We don’t know if it was a coincidence, with the season after Klopp disappeared from Liverpool, Manchester City’s great fall occurred at the same time. Anyway, now Guardiola and City are back on the offensive for the coming season, a not so clean little piece Liverpool and Klopp are part of Guardiola’s team.
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Pep Lijnders was brought to Liverpool by Brendan Rodgers in 2014, continued with Klopp, tested himself for six months as head coach of the Dutch Eerste Divisie, then returned to Liverpool and as Klopp’s wingman until 2024. Now the Dutchman will help Manchester City.
Guardiola was of course asked about the sensational appointment of Klopp’s right-hand man.
“I mentioned that I was considering Pep (Pepijn Lijnders), and Klopp gave me his opinion, which was of course very positive. He was his right-hand man during one of the most successful periods for Liverpool in recent years,” Guardiola begins, according to The Athletic.
“I asked Jürgen for permission because I didn’t want to get too involved. I asked him if it would be a problem if I talked to him. Absolutely not, was the answer. So I talked to him, we talked a bit, and after a day or two we decided to try,” Guardiola says.
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respect. The question is whether the Liverpool gang is just as happy that one of the coaches with the most knowledge of Liverpool is now going to prevent the club from taking the Premier League title.
