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Arne Slott is on the list of candidates to coach Liverpool

Arne Sloat won the Dutch Cup with Feyenoord last Sunday (Getty)

The English club Liverpool is looking for a new coach to succeed the German Jurgen Klopp, who announced last January his departure from the team at the end of the current football season, after a long career that lasted for a full nine years, during which he achieved many titles, most notably Winning the English Premier League and European Champions League titles, the coach of the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam, Arne Sloat, appears as a new name on the list of candidates to take over responsibility, starting next season.

The British newspaper Daily Mail reported yesterday, Tuesday, that the management of the English club Liverpool has turned its attention to Arne Sloat, who is 45 years old, after the great success he achieved with his current team, Feyenoord Rotterdam, as he led them to achieve the Dutch Cup title last Sunday. After defeating NEC Nijmegen, with a clean goal, which is the second championship he won with the team after winning the Dutch Football League title last season, he also reached the final match of the European Conference League in 2022, before losing to the Italian club Roma. .

The newspaper pointed out that the coach, Arne Sloat, who was of interest to the English teams Tottenham Hotspurs and Chelsea last summer, would be one of the appropriate solutions to succeed Jurgen Klopp in the Liverpool team, but it will not be easy to sign him, especially since a number of major European clubs are looking for him. A new coach before the start of preparations for next season, led by the Spanish team Barcelona, ​​as well as the German Bayern Munich, and also the Italian Milan.

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Liverpool club officials previously wanted to sign the current coach of the German team Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso, to replace the coach, Jurgen Klopp, especially after the distinguished journey he had with his team this season, after winning the “Bundesliga” title and reaching the German Cup final. They also qualified for the semi-finals of the European Football League, but the Spanish coach ultimately decided to stay with his club for another season.

The list of candidates to coach Liverpool FC also included other names in addition to Xabi Alonso, led by the coach of the Portuguese Sporting Lisbon team, Ruben Amorim, who has a release clause in his contract worth 12 million pounds, and there is also the coach of Brighton, the Italian club, Roberto De Zerbi, before… Attention is turning to Arne Sloat, who has a distinctive attacking style and is considered one of the coaches who works to develop young players, noting that his contract with Feyenoord Rotterdam extends until 2026.