Dr Andreas Schlumberger joined Liverpool FC as head of recovery and performance at the end of 2020.

Schlumberger took up the newly created specialist role – which supports and works in close collaboration with the current performance, medical and rehabilitation leadership – as part of the Reds' men's backroom set-up at the AXA Training Centre.

He made the move to Merseyside after almost a year with Schalke 04, where he held the position of head of fitness and prevention.

The German had previously worked with Jürgen Klopp, having spent four seasons with Borussia Dortmund between 2011 and 2015 as a rehabilitation coach.

After leaving Signal Iduna Park, he joined Bayern Munich in a similar capacity, before switching to Borussia Monchengladbach in 201...