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Liverpool assistant manager Lijnders: I've had offers to leave

Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders admits he's had offers to leave.

Lijnders will depart at the end of the season alongside manager Jurgen Klopp.

He explained: "We knew already in the summer that we are coming toward the end of this project.

"The last years, I got offers. My heart always said yes, my loyalty and my respect and friendship with Mike (Gordon) and Jurgen said no.

"So, the moment we spoke and he said 'I'm thinking about (leaving)' I said that is, for me, clear: I will go and manage. We will end this project together. I feel that it's the project of a lot of people and I feel that it's the right way to do it, like this. The club can find a new coach with new elements. But I'm excited to manage, I'm excited to go, to find the right club who really wants (me).

"But until the last final of the season, I'm focused on Liverpool, not on what's happening now. That's why we have agents, no?"

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