Pep Guardiola’s No 2 sought Klopp’s blessing for role Lijnders: ‘Jurgen said he would take the job if I didn’t’ Pep Guardiola’s No 2 sought Klopp’s blessing for role Lijnders: ‘Jurgen said he would take the job if I didn’t’ Pep Lijnders has revealed Jürgen Klopp convinced him to take the job as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City , despite the German spending almost a decade at their fierce rivals Liverpool. He said Klopp had joked about taking the role if Lijnders didn’t. Lijnders