"Merseysiders" will be headed by the Feyenoord coach Arne Slot
The next head coach ofLiverpoolwill be the current Feyenoord coach Arne Slot.
Reputable insider journalist Fabrizio Romano reported that the 45-year-old Dutch specialist will replace Jurgen Klopp as coach of the Reds after the end of the current season.
It is noted that the clubs have already agreed on the amount of compensation. Feyenoord will receive between 13 and 15 million euros. Thus, Slot will become the most expensive Dutch coach in history.
It is also reported that Liverpool have already agreed with Arne on the terms of a personal contract.
We add that Klopp is still at the end of January announcedthat he will leave Liverpool after the end of the 2023/24 season. One of the contenders for the post of coach of the Merseysiders was the head coach of Sporting Lisbon, Ruben Amorim, but the English club settled on Slot.
Klopp has been heading Liverpool since 2015. During this time, he and the Merseysiders won 8 trophies – the Champions League, the Premier League, the Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the English League Cup (twice), the UEFA Super Cup and the FA Super Cup.
Slot is coached by Feyenoord since 2021, when he came to the Rotterdam club after his work in AZ. At the head of Feyenoord, he became the champion of the Netherlands in the 2022/23 season, and won the Dutch Cup in the 2023/24 campaign.
With four rounds left, Liverpool is in third place in the Premier League. Klopp's team is three points behind Arsenal and two behind Manchester City, which has a game in hand.
Feyenoord, three rounds before the end, guaranteed itself silver in the Dutch championship and exit into the group stage of the Champions League. Rotterdam are 9 points behind PSV.
