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Lijnders returns to Liverpool after NEC sacking

Pep Lijnders has returned to Liverpool as a first-team coach, following an unsuccessful stint in charge of NEC.

Lijnders began working as a coach at Anfield in 2014, departing in January for NEC, where he was sacked after failing to guide the side to promotion to the Eredivisie.

And on Tuesday the Reds confirmed that he would rejoin their staff ahead of the 2018-19 season.

"Liverpool FC can confirm that Pepijn Lijnders has returned to take up a role in the club's first-team coaching setup," a statement released on the club's official website revealed.

"The Dutchman brought a three-and-a-half-season stay at Anfield to an end in January as he took up the managerial reins of NEC in his homeland.