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New Liverpool assistant boss Zeljko Buvac has been given the green light to start work alongside Jurgen Klopp.

The 54-year-old experienced Bosnian coach will oversee training for the first time at Melwood on Wednesday afternoon after flying in to Merseyside.

Buvac’s arrival had been delayed due to work permit issues but that has now been sorted and he will be on the touchline for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Tottenham.

Having Buvac on board will be a significant boost for Klopp, who has been overseeing training since Monday with Peter Krawietz and Pep Lijnders.

Klopp has previously described Buvac as his “brains” and someone he has a telepathic relationship with.

The new Reds boss has had a close bond with Buvac since they were team-mates together at Mainz more than two decades ago.

(Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Buvac was an attacking midfielder who had spells with Rudar Ljubija and Banja Luka in his homeland before moving to Germany in 1991. He played for Rot-Weiss Erfurt and then spent three years at Mainz before signing for Neukirchen.

He hung up his boots at the age of 36 and was appointed manager of the club who were operating at the time in the fourth tier of German football.

In 2001 Klopp came calling. He had been offered the manager’s job at Mainz and wanted Buvac alongside him.

It was the start of a successful double act. Over the next seven years they secured promotion for Mainz into the Bundesliga for the first time and earned European qualification. In 2007 Mainz were relegated and 12 months later, after failing to get them back up, they walked away.

Borussia Dortmund made their move and in May 2008 Klopp and Buvac inherited a team who had finished 13th under Thomas Doll. After sixth and fifth-placed finishes, Dortmund kicked on and won back to back Bundesliga titles in thrilling fashion.

Buvac was the co-architect of Dortmund’s high-octane attacking style where everything was done at speed - they pressed relentlessly to win back possession and counter-attacked with pace and movement. The 2012 victory over Bayern Munich in the German Cup final sealed the club’s first ever domestic double.

The following season they lit up the Champions League - knocking out Real Madrid en route to the final where Bayern gained revenge with a 2-1 win at Wembley.

Klopp announced back in April that he would be leaving Dortmund to take a sabbatical and Buvac went with him. Now they have been reunited at Liverpool.