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Any copies of “Intensity” by Pep Lijnders are likely to remain unsold on the shelves.

They may want to instead store them with “El Nino”, the Fernando Torres autobiography that was a love story to Liverpool.

But Torres joined Chelsea and now, barely a year after leaving Liverpool, Lijnders’ return to English football could come by Pep Guardiola’s side.

The supporters who branded Trent Alexander-Arnold a traitor for heading for Real Madrid – though one of their complaints has been removed now he is no longer going on a free transfer, but for €10m – may transfer their irritation to Jurgen Klopp’s sidekick should he materialise at Manchester City, the club who ensured one of the great Liverpool managers won a lone league title.

If a year away has illustrated the legacy Klopp and Lijnders left, with Arne Slot’s success reflecting well on the previous regime, it may have been chastening in other respects.

The City Football Group, with their portfolio of clubs, could suit Lijnders’ long-term plan to get back into management.

The Dutchman’s ideas nevertheless took Liverpool to greater heights; arguably they played less heavy-metal football but they won the 2019 Champions League and the 2020 Premier League and pursued the quadruple in 2022.

His brief spell at Salzburg, like a similarly short stint at Nijmegen in 2018, could suggest that Lijnders is no manager.

Unlike Peter Krawietz, Klopp’s other assistant and a far quieter figure, Lijnders had a profile in his own right.
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