'Curled toes' - Pep Lijnders slammed for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool interview

Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders has bizarrely been slammed for taking too much credit away from Jurgen Klopp by former Ajax forward Wim Kieft.

Lijnders first joined the Reds' first-team coaching staff in 2018, having previously worked as an Academy coach and later in a development role for players making the step-up to professional level.

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He left the club to take on a new challenge as manager of Dutch side NEC Nijmegen in January 2018, though returned to Liverpool in May of the same year after being relieved of his duties.

Since reuniting with the Reds, Lijnders has been part of the domestic success delivered by the as well as on the European stage.

Expressing his delight at the 39-year-old being back at Anfield as his right-hand man, Klopp said in 2018: "It’s good. It’s very, very good. We sent him away for half a year to get very important experience and to have him back now feels just fantastic.

“When he came in the building, everybody was really delighted about that and was really happy about it.

“He’s a fantastic person and a fantastic coach, so it’s really important that we have him back and I’m really looking forward to working together with him.”

Not everyone is as convinced by the Dutchman, though.

Kieft, a six-time Eredivisie winner and Euro 1988 champion, is of the view that Lijnders 'doesn't know his place' at