Former Liverpool coach rejects Manchester City offer

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Image Credits: Imago ImagesAfter ten extraordinary years, six Premier League titles, and a Champions League trophy, Pep Guardiola officially departed Manchester City this week.He walked away with a domestic cup double as his parting gift. Manchester City have offered Lijnders a new contract to remain as part of the backroom staff but he has turned it down.In a revealing interview this week, Lijnders explained that it has everything to do with family“My wife and I want a permanent place for our growing sons.

The club wanted to move forward, offered me a position on a new manager’s staff, or the chance to become head coach at a foreign club within the City Football Group.”The former Liverpool coach also revealed how Klopp gave his blessing to make the switch to Manchester City:“When Pep called in May last year, he was immediately open,” Lijnders said.“He said: ‘I want to build a new City one more time’. He also said that he was in the final two years of his contract.

As much as Lijnders carved out an incredible legacy on the red half of Merseyside, staying on at City without Guardiola – the very reason he crossed the divide in the first place – would have done little to protect it. Manchester City Pep Lijnders