Liverpool Appoints Arne Slot As Head Coach
English Premier League giants Liverpool have officially appointed Dutch national Arne Slot as the club’s head coach, effective from June 1, 2024, pending a work permit.
Slot steps in to replace Jurgen Klopp, whose final match in charge of Liverpool was a 2-0 league victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
Klopp, a German, has been Liverpool’s manager since 2015, succeeding Brendan Rodgers. However, he announced his resignation several months before the conclusion of the 2023/24 season.
Notably, Slot assumes the role of head coach rather than manager, suggesting a lesser role than that of his predecessor.
A statement issued by Liverpool on Monday evening announcing Slot’s appointment reads:
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Liverpool Football Club can announce Arne Slot has agreed a deal to become the club’s new head coach, formally taking up the position on June 1, 2024, subject to a work permit.
The 45-year-old will join the Reds from Feyenoord ahead of the 2024-25 season after a deal was reached with the Eredivisie club for his services.
Slot will replace Jürgen Klopp at the helm following his decision to step down from the post at the end of the current campaign.
The Netherlands-born coach will arrive after three highly successful seasons with Feyenoord, during which he led them to the league title in 2023 and was named Eredivisie Manager of the Year on two occasions.
More recently, he helped the Rotterdam club to victory in the KNVB Cup in April after they defeated NEC Nijmegen 1-0 in the final.
Prior to moving to Feyenoord, Slot held the position of AZ Alkmaar head coach, and he had led them to second place in the table, trailing leaders Ajax only on goal difference, when the Dutch season was cancelled due to COVID-19 in 2019-20.
During his playing career, he operated primarily as a midfielder, turning out for FC Zwolle, NAC Breda, Sparta Rotterdam and PEC Zwolle before hanging up his boots in 2013.
He will now soon become the first head coach of Liverpool FC from the Netherlands – with his first pre-season in charge of the squad set to get underway in July.
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