- Liverpool are still looking for a replacement for outgoing coach Jürgen Klopp
- Arne Slot, from Feyenoord, is emerging as a candidate to replace him this summer
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Liverpool face a bill of £8.59m to do business with Dutch Cup winners Feyenoord if they decide to step up their efforts to sign manager Arne Slot.
The 45-year-old Dutchman is now a strong candidate for the role that will soon be vacant at Anfield when Jurgen Klopp leaves in the summer.
Feyenoord are said to be happy to approve an exit but would need €10m (£8.59m) to do so.
Slot won the Dutch Cup at the weekend with a 1-0 final victory over NEC Nijmegen and also led the Rotterdam team to a league title in 2022-23, just their second championship win since the beginning of century.
Sources say the Dutch club are increasingly frustrated with Slot’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, who is constantly offering him to other clubs. The manager is said to have significant power over transfers at Feyenoord and the club have been willing to give him what he demands.
Arne Slot is a strong candidate for the soon-to-be vacant role at Liverpool this summer
Klopp has five more games left as Liverpool manager before leaving at the end of the season
Slot led Feyenoord to the Dutch Cup last weekend after winning the league title last season.
Slot is likely to bring his right-hand man Sipke Hulshoff to his next club as Liverpool need a massive rebuild in the coaching department after several high-profile members of Klopp’s trusted squad followed him out the door. exit.
No formal or direct talks have yet taken place between Liverpool and Slot or Feyenoord, with the Dutch club only informed earlier this week of the growing interest in their manager.
Klopp announced at the end of January that he would be leaving the club after almost nine years in charge and now has just five games left on Merseyside, including tomorrow’s trip via Stanley Park to Everton and Goodison Park.