Jurgen Klopp says he would not have signed a new Liverpool contract without similar extensions for assistants Peter Krawietz and Pepijn Lijnders.
The coaching team have penned fresh terms until 2024 with the club confirming the news ahead of Saturday's Premier League visit of Watford.
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In stressing the importance of Krawietz and Lijnders - who returned to Liverpool in 2018 after a short spell managing NEC in Holland - Klopp said: "Without an agreement from the boys, nothing would have happened. That’s how it is.
"It was always like this in my life, that I said first and foremost the assistants have to be happy and then we can talk. That was no different here.
"I worked together with Pete for wow, I don’t even know, maybe 20 years in different kinds.
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"With Pep, four years with a little break when he went to Holland. We know each other, we trust each other, we help each other a lot.
"Without them I would not even be half the manager I am and that’s cool. Plus Vitor [Matos], plus John [Achterberg], plus Jack [Robinson] – they will stay here as well of course, they signed new contracts only recently. So, it’s a perfect situation."
