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Pep Lijnders is proud of his work on the Liverpool training pitch.

The Reds assistant manager is leaving after 10 years to take charge of RB Salzburg.

He told liverpoolfc.com: "It's difficult because you've been part of something so big; I think only after years we'll realise what we've done. We won the lot. We created a style that people said, 'OK, that's Liverpool Football Club'. We made people proud of the city, of us, of the team. So many players over these years represented us in an unbelievable way, the character.

"The James Milners, the Hendersons, the Adam Lallanas, the Ginis, the front three probably the world will speak about Bobby, Sadio, Mo. The new talents coming. A right full-back, Trent Alexander-Arnold, who gave a completely new dimension to the football world of being a right full-back. Talent from your own Academy; Curtis, Harvey, Caoimh, Conor, Jarell. Unbelievable signings from the scouting department.

"Above everything, I think the biggest prize we won is what we give to our fans and that's joy, emotion, passion. The most difficult moments these last years, we showed we never give up. That's a big lesson for life I think. We did what we did because we had a great leader. Unbelievable players, really unbelievable players, they cannot get enough credit. A city that was just boiling to explode."

This article first appeared on Tribal Football and was syndicated with permission.

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