Pep talks - how Klopp's ex-assistant is shaping Man City

Image caption, Former Liverpool coach Pep Lijnders joined Manchester City in JuneManchester City have spent more than £150m on five new players this summer but Pep Guardiola's biggest signing did not cost a penny - and he will not play any football, either.

In early June, the second-most important figure of Jurgen Klopp-era Liverpool became Guardiola's right-hand man at Manchester City.

Really, it should have been a bigger news story, not least because hiring Pep Lijnders - a man credited with most of the day-to-day training under Klopp, as well as a substantial part of the German's tactical evolution post-Borussia Dortmund - suggests Guardiola is considering a major tactical overhaul.

But…