Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders named new manager of RB Salzburg

RB Salzburg has named Liverpool's assistant coach Pep Lijnders as their new manager, effective with the start of preseason training in June, the Austrian club announced on Wednesday.

Lijnders announced in January that he would leave Premier League club Liverpool at the end of the season, along with Klopp, and has signed a three-year contract with Salzburg.

"We have been able to get an ideal candidate for the coaching position at Red Bull Salzburg in Pepijn Lijnders," Salzburg sporting director Bernhard Seonbuchner said.

"He is a real football expert and has been a huge influence on a very successful time for Liverpool with his qualities in developing players."

The 41-year-old Dutchman joined Liverpool in 2014, and after briefly managing Dutch club NEC in 2018, Lijnders returned to the Premier League club. Vitor Matos, who also worked at Liverpool, will be his assistant at Salzburg.

Salzburg fired Gerhard Struber in April and appointed Onur Cinel as interim manager. They are currently second in the Austrian Bundesliga, two points behind Sturm Graz, with one game remaining.

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