Arne Slot to Liverpool: Feyenoord boss announces he will take over from Jurgen Klopp this summer | Football News

Feyenoord’s Arne Slot has introduced he’ll substitute Jurgen Klopp as head coach at Liverpool this summer time.

“I can verify that I can be a coach at Liverpool subsequent season,” Slot mentioned at his press convention on Friday.

Slot secured the Dutch Cup in April and led Feyenoord to their first title in six years final season.

Slot had beforehand been approached by Tottenham, Chelsea and Leeds. He signed a brand new contract final Could to maintain him at Feyenoord till 2026 however had referenced a need to make the subsequent step in his profession.

Slot is ready to interchange Klopp – who takes cost of his closing Liverpool recreation in opposition to Wolves this Sunday, dwell on Sky Sports activities – after the German spent the final 9 years at Anfield.

Throughout his time at Liverpool, Klopp gained the Champions League in 2019, the Premier League in 2020, in addition to the 2022 FA Cup and two Carabao Cup trophies in 2022 and 2024. He additionally gained the Membership World Cup and UEFA Tremendous Cup trophies in 2019.

Klopp introduced his Liverpool departure in January of this 12 months, citing a scarcity of power to proceed managing the membership on the highest stage.

The making of Arne Slot: Why he’s proper for Liverpool

Arne Slot will substitute the departing Jurgen Klopp as the subsequent Liverpool supervisor – however who’s the person the membership consider can lead them into this new period and what can they anticipate from this 45-year-old Dutch coach?

In dialog with those that coached Slot and those that have been coached by him, in addition to colleagues on his employees, we look at the making of Liverpool’s subsequent supervisor, exploring his tactical concepts, his man-management and his dealing with of the media.

Learn Adam Bate’s characteristic right here…

Carragher: Liverpool’s transfer for Slot exhibits lack of high managers

Jamie Carragher says Liverpool’s transfer for Arne Slot demonstrates the shortage of “high managers” at the moment accessible.

Talking to Sky Sports activities, former Liverpool defender Carragher mentioned: “From Feyenoord to Liverpool is a big bounce and I feel it exhibits at this second that there is most likely a dearth of actual high managers on the market, whenever you take a look at who Liverpool are going for.

“Initially it was Xabi Alonso – it is solely his first full season as a supervisor – then there was speak of Ruben Amorim from Sporting, who’s solely 39.”

Carragher added the situation dealing with Slot at Anfield differs from the one Klopp inherited in 2014 after his time answerable for Borussia Dortmund, or the one Rafa Benitez walked into in 2004 after leaving Valencia.

“I do not suppose it is like Benitez coming in, or Klopp,” he mentioned. “Benitez coming in on the again of two LaLiga titles and a UEFA Cup, or Klopp successful a few league titles and attending to a Champions League closing. Liverpool had been truly in a special area then.

“That Liverpool group, definitely underneath Benitez that I used to be a part of, we had been the group attempting to qualify for the highest 4. The identical with Klopp when he got here in.

“However Liverpool are in a special period now. They really fancy themselves to problem for the Premier League each season. Subsequent season, within the Champions League they’d anticipate to get to the quarter-finals at the least.

“I feel it is an enormous bounce however he is clearly a terrific coach with a terrific observe document thus far. We’ll see.”

‘Slot brings loopy, horny soccer’

Slot took over from Dick Advocaat at Feyenoord for the beginning of the 2021/22 season with the membership having completed fifth the earlier marketing campaign.

Simply two years later, they had been champions of the Eredivisie. He constructed a urgent group taking part in intense, attack-minded soccer whereas additionally with the ability to win.

Talking to Sky Sports activities, Dutch soccer journalist Marcel van der Kraan mentioned: “It was solely a matter of time earlier than one other large English membership would come knocking on the door.

“He isn’t solely been a profitable supervisor, he is additionally been vastly spectacular together with his taking part in type of very attack-minded, Pep Guardiola-style soccer.

“He is been a profitable coach and made Feyenoord champions taking part in loopy, horny soccer. It’s horny what this man brings on a soccer pitch.

“There’s nothing extra to win for him right here. The following step for him is to enter a membership in a giant league and no league is larger for the Dutch than the Premier League.

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