Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders appreciates the support of FSG president Mike Gordon.

Gordon takes care of the day-to-day running of the club.

Speaking on the Training Ground Guru podcast, Lijnders said: "I have to say our relationship is really strong, because when you go through difficult moments, then you find out who the real people are in your life.

"My dad was really sick in the first year Jurgen came and he (Gordon) offered to get my dad treated in America.

"We never accepted it, we never had to do it, my dad is clean now for five years, but in these moment, that makes…"

Lijnders admits he offered to resign when Brendan Rodgers was sacked in 2015.

"That was a really tough time, because Brendan left," he said. "I read it on the news and I call him and say, 'If you go then I should not be here' and five minutes later he called Mike Gordon, for sure, because he called me and said you are going nowhere, you stay, you are going to work with the new manager.'"