Liverpool assistant manager Zeljko Buvac quits club after bust-up with Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopps assistant Zeljko Buvac has reportedly left Liverpool ahead of second leg of the sides Champions League semi-final with Roma.
Buvac has worked alongside Klopp for the last 17 years and coached under the German at Mainz and Borussia Dortmund before joining Liverpool in 2015.
The 56-year-old has often been nicknamed the brain for his influence on Klopps Gegenpressing approach but its understood the pair have fallen out in recent weeks.
According to The Daily Record, Liverpools squad were informed about Buvacs departure on Sunday.
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Its claimed Klopp and Buvac stopped speaking during matches and the latter had been left out of tactical meetings at the club.
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Klopp and Buvac had a big falling out and Buvac has been left completely out of the loop of late, a Liverpool source told Record Sport.
They stand apart in training, Buvac doesnt go to tactical meetings, and he is no longer involved in picking the team.
In the past, he was the only one who had Klopps ear. The relationship had broken down, and the players have been told Buvac is gone.
Buvac discussed at length the positive relationship he had with Klopp in an interview back in 2016.
As players there was a direct connection straight away, he explained.
Kloppo as a player was the same as he is as a manager. His character was the same, he wants to win, you cannot help but like him.
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Both of us were looking to become managers and we promised each other, “If I am the first manager, I will take you and if you are the first manager you will take me.” He came first. It is a friendship.
Before every training session and after every training session we talk together. Before every match and after every match we talk.
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