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So why has Pep Lijnders been so insistent that he'll follow Jurgen Klopp through the Shankly Gates and out of Liverpool at the end of the season...?

Or from inside the Boot Room.

Former captain and fellow assistant manager Phil Thompson also told talkSPORT: "I don't think he'd [Lijnders] have too many objectors [to replace Klopp], Liverpool fans, if they know enough about the club and the people behind the scenes and the back-up staff for Jurgen.

"It is not only the manager who is leaving the club," stated Van Dijk a fortnight ago.

Indeed, even Lijnders himself admits tapping the Boot Room brought the club unmatched success?

"No-one can replace Jurgen Klopp but the past showed already a few difficult transitions," said Lijnders.