RB Salzburg Sacks Manager, Pep Lijnders
Austrian side, RB Salzburg has dismissed former Liverpool assistant manager, Pep Lijnders from his role as RB Salzburg manager.
The Dutchman followed Jurgen Klopp out of the Anfield exit door in May to pursue a career in first-team management with the Austrian giants.
But after taking charge of just 16 matches in the Austrian Bundesliga and picking up seven wins – which has left them fifth in the table – Lijnders has now left the club.
RB Salzburg confirmed the news with a statement on Monday. ‘FC Red Bull Salzburg is parting ways with Pepijn Lijnders, as he has been released by the club today. The club said that assistant coach Vitor Matos is also leaving our Red Bulls.
‘During the six months under Pepijn Lijnders, our qualification for the UEFA Champions League was a plus. After the successful start to the season, there have been many unsatisfactory performances, however, which have led to FC Red Bull Salzburg being 10 points off the top of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga‘.
In a joint statement, Stephan Reiter, CEO, and Rouven Schröder, managing director of sport, said: ‘We began recently to analyze, as planned, what has unfortunately not been a satisfactory season so far. It was clear that we have been far short of our requirements and aims in many of our matches.
‘We have therefore become convinced that our team needs a new impulse under new management, even if we continued to hope for a turnaround until the end. We would like to thank Pep for his work. He put a lot of effort and passion into it and has provided important momentum for our further development.
‘We are now very intensively looking for a new coach and will communicate as soon as a decision is made. We clearly want to start training again on 3 January 2025 with our new coach in place‘.
