Man City appoint ex-Klopp assistant Lijnders to coaching staff

Crystal Palace's Austrian manager Oliver Glasner (L) and Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola (R) gesture on the touchline during the English FA Cup final football match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Wembley stadium in London, on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
Manchester City
on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of two former Liverpool coaches to Pep
Guardiola's backroom staff, including Jurgen Klopp's ex-assistant Pepijn
Lijnders.
The Dutchman arrives at the Etihad Stadium alongside a new set-piece coach, James French, who has spent the past 13 years at Anfield.
The appointments
follow the departures of three members of Guardiola's backroom staff.
Lijnders, 42,
worked under Brendan Rodgers and Klopp at Liverpool.
He left the club
along with Klopp at the end of the 2023/24 season and took up the post of head
coach at Red Bull Salzburg but was sacked in December.
City director of
football Hugo Viana said: "Pepijn and James have each amassed huge
experience working in their individual roles over the past few years.
"Their
talent, application, work ethic and all-round commitment are totally aligned
with the values that underpin how Pep wants football to be played."
Guardiola's team
endured a disappointing 2024/25 campaign, finishing third in the Premier League
and failing to win a trophy for the first time in eight years.
They will travel
to the expanded 32-team Club World Cup in the United States as defending
champions after winning the competition under its previous guise in Saudi
Arabia two years ago.
The month-long
tournament starts on June 14, with City opening their campaign against Moroccan
club Wydad Casablanca in Philadelphia four days later.
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