Liverpool assistant manager, Pepijn Lijnders has been appointed Head Coach of Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and will take Vitor Matos with him from Anfield as his Assistant.
Lijnders arrived at Liverpool in 2014 as Under-16s Coach, before stepping up to become First-Team Development Coach in 2015.
He initially worked under Brendan Rodgers and remained with the senior set-up following the appointment of Jürgen Klopp as manager later that year.
After a brief spell in charge of NEC Nijmegen in his homeland, Lijnders returned to Liverpool as Assistant Manager ahead of the 2018/19 campaign. Since then, the Reds have lifted seven major honours, including the Premier League and Champions League.
Pepijn Lijnders assistant manager of Liverpool celebrating at the end of the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Liverpool FC at Craven Cottage on April 21, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
“This is a real privilege for me,” Lijnders said. “After PSV Eindhoven, Porto and Liverpool, I am now moving to another exceptional club with a really good structure and a particular focus on youth development.
“I want to develop a mentality with the team that places a lot of emphasis on attacking style of play and where passion and hunger for success are the basis of everything.
“Together with my assistant coach Vitor Matos and the entire support team, we will do our best to help the club continue to grow in an ever-changing football world.
“My family has visited the city before and was overwhelmed by its beauty and the friendliness of the people. That was the last and important step for me in choosing Red Bull Salzburg.”
Lijnders and Matos are among several members of Liverpool’s backroom team who will be departing the club alongside Klopp after Sunday’s season finale against Wolves.
The others are Goalkeeper Coach John Achterberg and Assistant Peter Krawietz.
