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Purple Bull Salzburg have sacked supervisor Pep Lijnders after 16 Austrian Bundesliga matches in cost, saying Jurgen Klopp’s assistant at Liverpool had overseen performances “far wanting our personal necessities and goals”.
Dutchman Lijnders was appointed in Might after six years in his second spell at Anfield and guided Salzburg to a spot within the Champions League by two qualifying ties, in addition to profitable his first three league matches in cost.
Salzburg gained three and misplaced six of their 12 matches in October and November and are heading in the right direction for computerized elimination from the Champions League, having misplaced 5 and gained considered one of their first six video games in Europe.
OFFICIAL: FC Purple Bull Salzburg and Pepijn Lijnders are parting methods, the 41-year-old Dutchman was launched from his duties immediately. Thanks on your dedication and all the most effective for the long run, Pep!
— FC Purple Bull Salzburg EN (@FCRBS_en) December 16, 2024
“We started lately to analyse, as deliberate, what has sadly not been a passable season thus far,” Salzburg mentioned in a press release, including that they hope to have a brand new supervisor in place when their gamers resume coaching on January 3.
“It was clear to see that, in a lot of our matches, we now have been far wanting our personal necessities and goals. Now we have due to this fact change into satisfied that our staff wants a brand new impulse beneath new administration, even when we continued to hope for a turnaround till the tip.
“We want to thank Pep for his work. He put a variety of effort and fervour into it and has supplied essential momentum for our additional improvement. We at the moment are very intensively on the lookout for a brand new coach.”
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