Pep Lijnders eyes managerial role following Liverpool departure

Pep Lijnders believes he’s able to turn into a supervisor when he leaves Liverpool on the stop of the season.

The lengthy-serving assistant boss, who isn’t a contender to rob over from Jurgen Kloppinsists the time is factual to mosey on and open a recent chapter in his profession.

“I in fact think that it’s a pure development,” he urged Liverpoolfc.com.

“Doubtlessly in about a months I will sit down down with my supervisor, now is now not the time, but then I will gape what more or much less alternate suggestions I in fact delight in, which club in fact wants me and in that moment I will plan a resolution.

“I owe this club every thing. They don’t owe me something. I continuously talked about I will elevate out with Jurgen — I will now not help anybody else, that’s the moment I will accelerate and plan up. We stop this mission together that we started.”

The Dutchman initially joined Liverpool as beneath-16s coach in 2014 ahead of being promoted to the first-crew workers by Brendan Rodgers the following 365 days.

He left in January 2018 for a short spell accountable for NEC Nijmegen in his place of origin but returned to Merseyside five months later after Klopp equipped him the assistant supervisor’s job and he’s been to blame for overseeing the coaching programme since.

“It’s now not easy leaving this form of club,” he added.

“Nonetheless in life I in fact feel continuously you’ve to manufacture the factual thing and the factual thing map that within the summer we talked about we continue and accelerate along with all we delight in now. We plan it ‘The Final Dance’, we plan it cherish an even ending.

“No longer vivid that it will perchance probably doubtless be that season but vivid that the mission is coming to an stop.

“It’s in fact good that we are able to plan this resolution early so we accelerate away the club with a squad beefy of hunger, beefy of expertise, somewhat about a leadership as smartly, who can for the following years be in fact worthwhile.”

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