Liverpool To Announce Arne Slot as Their New Manager This Week

Liverpool Football Club is set to announce Arne Slot as their new manager, with the Dutchman officially taking up the position on June 1, 2024, subject to a work permit. This appointment comes after the club agreed a £7.7m compensation deal with Feyenoord, where Slot has been highly successful, winning the league title in 2023 and the Dutch Cup in April. Slot will replace Jürgen Klopp at the helm following his decision to step down at the end of the current campaign.

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, who had said on Friday that he would replace Jurgen Klopp, was identified as Liverpool’s preferred candidate following the German’s announcement in January that he would stand down at the end of the season.

Liverpool were attracted by Slot’s record of overachievement, which included taking AZ Alkmaar level on points at the top of the Dutch league when it was curtailed in the 2019-20 season as well as his record in Rotterdam, where he led Feyenoord to their first European final in 21 years. They are conscious that some of their Premier League rivals have a capacity to spend more than them and think.