Manchester Metropolis are closing in on a deal to call Pep Lijnders as a part of Pep Guardiola’s new-look backroom employees, sources have instructed ESPN.
Lijnders, who served as Jürgen Klopp’s assistant at Liverpool, is about to interchange Juanma Lilo, whose contract on the Etihad Stadium will expire this summer season.
Fellow assistant Íñigo Domínguez can also be leaving, together with set-piece coach Carlos Vicens, who has agreed to develop into head coach of Portuguese aspect Braga.
Sources have instructed ESPN that talks with Lijnders have been optimistic and that the membership hope to make an announcement as soon as different new additions to Guardiola’s employees have been agreed.
Lijnders joined Liverpool underneath Brendan Rodgers in 2014 and commenced working with Klopp following the German’s appointment at Anfield in October 2015.
He took over as head coach of Dutch aspect NEC in 2018, however returned to Liverpool six months later.
He introduced his departure together with Klopp final summer season and was named head coach of Purple Bull Salzburg forward of the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
The 42-year-old has been out of labor since December after being dismissed by the Austrian aspect after simply 29 video games.
In the meantime, sources have instructed ESPN that Metropolis are exploring a deal for Lyon ahead Rayan Cherki.
The 21-year-old is seen as a substitute for Florian Wirtz, who’s nearing a transfer to Liverpool. There’s additionally curiosity in Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White.
Sources have instructed ESPN that Metropolis hope to tie up a deal for AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders earlier than the FIFA Membership World Cup.
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Guardiola and gamers not concerned in worldwide video games are due again in coaching on June 9. They’re set to fly to their coaching base in Florida on June 12 earlier than their opening recreation in opposition to Wydad AC in Philadelphia on June 18.
