Liverpool, change of plan! The club’s “home” journalists have revealed who is the favorite to take Klopp’s place

Jurgen Klopp publicly announced at the end of January that he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of this season, saying he made the radical decision due to a lack of energy, as he felt he no longer had the physical and mental resources to continue at Anfield.

The bosses of the “cormorants” immediately began to look for a replacement, on their list lately, among others, Zinedine Zidane, Hansi Flick, Xabi Alonso, Roberto de Zerbi or Ruben Amorim.

After the Portuguese denied that he had discussed with Liverpool about taking over the team, Liverpool’s “house” journalists announced today who is now the big favorite to take Klopp’s place.

According to the quoted source, Feyenoord officials did not want to discuss Liverpool’s interest in Slot, but English journalists draw attention to the fact that the coach canceled his scheduled press conference on Wednesday, ahead of the game with Go Ahead Eagles in the Championship Holland.

The bosses of the 2nd-placed team in the Eredivisie do not want to lose Slot, wanting him to remain the team’s coach next season, but the situation is quite complicated, especially since there is no termination clause in the coach’s contract . In addition, the English wrote that he could be transferred for less than 10 million euros.

As for those from Liverpool, the cited source mentions that the “cormorants” officials continue to pay attention to other possible replacements for Klopp, things are complicated by the fact that other top teams, such as Bayern , AC Milan or Barcelona, ​​will change their coaches this summer.

Arne Slot claimed a historic title in Holland last season, beating PSV and Ajax, having previously guided the Rotterdam outfit to the Conference League final (where they were beaten in the final by Mourinho’s Roma).

Named Dutch coach of the year in 2022 and 2023, the Feynoord coach is recognized for his love of attacking, eye-pleasing football. In addition, he puts pressure on opponents very quickly, being a disciple of Klopp in this respect.

Slot began his career as a coach at Zwolle’s youth team in 2013, before being appointed second-in-command at Cambuur. In 2017, he became John van den Brom’s second-in-command at Alkmaar, remaining in charge of the team after he was sacked in 2019. It was the biggest chance of his career for the technician, who was in Ajax’s side before the season ended. be canceled due to the coronavirus (AZ, was in first place, equal to the “lancers”, when the pandemic stopped the competition, which never resumed).

With an average of 2.11 points/game at Alkmaar, the highest in the history of the group under a technician, Arne Slot immediately became attractive to the big teams in the Netherlands, so in December 2020 he signed a two-year contract with the Rotterdam team seasons, with the option to extend for one more.

Last year he was wanted by Tottenham and recently his name has been floated in the discussion of the coach who could replace Thomas Tuchel at Bayern. With more and more big teams on Slot’s trail, the Rotterdam club’s management increased the coach’s salary and convinced him to sign a new deal, valid until 2026, but this summer could bring him a big change.