Former Liverpool coach Pep Lijnders took his first step into administration over the summer time after accepting the managerial position at Austrian facet Pink Bull Salzburg.
Jurgen Klopp ‘s former right-hand-man introduced a style of Anfield with him to his new job, bringing in each Bobby Clark and Stefan Bajcetic on everlasting and mortgage offers respectively.
Moreover, Klopp himself now has affect over the membership after accepting a task as ‘head of worldwide soccer’ at Pink Bull by which he’ll oversee the working of every of the affiliated RB golf equipment.
Lijnders and Klopp labored intently collectively at Liverpool
Salzburg have established themselves as a real powerhouse of Austrian soccer in recent times, gaining a stronghold on the home league whereas making inroads into being a aggressive Champions League outfit.
Answerable for the respective breakthroughs of Erling Haaland , Sadio Mane , Benjamin Sesko and Marcel Sabitzer, the membership has developed a fame as one of the crucial efficient expertise farms on the continent.
Haaland rose to prominence throughout his spell in Austria
Final season’s Austrian Bundesliga runners-up have, nonetheless, suffered considerably of a fall from grace because the arrival of the Liverpool quartet.
The membership presently sit fourth within the league having lately suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat to fellow Austrian giants Sturm Graz, whereas they’re but to select up a single level within the newly-formatted Champions League group stage, sparred backside spot by only a single objective distinction.
A 0-4 residence defeat to French facet Brest on Matchday 2 confirmed simply how far off the tempo Lijnders’ facet actually are, whereas defeats to fellow suspected strugglers Sparta Praha and Dinamo Zagreb with out scoring a single objective have left the membership staring down the barrel of an early elimination.
Bajcetic, hailed as considered one of Liverpool ‘s most promising children, has failed to seek out any actual consistency to make the very best of his mortgage transfer thus far having seen his minutes largely restricted by the Dutch supervisor over latest video games.
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A troublesome away double-header face Salzburg within the Champions League, with Feyenoord and Bayer Leverkusen on the horizon earlier than PSG and the 2 Madrid sides spherical off their group stage marketing campaign.
Nonetheless blessed with loads of thrilling younger expertise, Lijnders will realistically be hoping for a turnaround of their home type with a view to flip round what has confirmed to be a quite troublesome debut season in senior administration.
