'He could leave': Key vacancy set to arise at Liverpool as Arne Slot prepares for a departure - journalist
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Liverpool look likely to be on the lookout for a new assistant manager for the third time since 2024, says journalist Lewis Steele.Sipke Hulshoff joined the Reds alongside Arne Slot two years ago, with John Heitinga ultimately arriving as the second assistant.After Heitinga left for what would be a doomed spell in charge of Ajax last year, Liverpool moved to bring Giovanni van Bronckhorst in. However, after just one year at the club, Steele says Van Bronckhorst looks likely to follow Heitinga and leave the Reds.
Who replaces Mohamed Salah against Man United on Sunday? 👀 Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Van Bronckhorst is a leading candidate at FeyenoordWhere Heitinga was lauded for being a key part of Liverpool’s Premier League title win last season, the Reds’ failure this year has seen Van Bronckhorst’s reputation take a hit.Nevertheless, the Dutchman is clearly still highly rated in his homeland, with Steele reporting that Slot’s former club Feyenoord have their eye on the 51-year-old joining as their new technical director.“I think Feyenoord want to hire him as their technical director,” the journalist told Anfield Index on Monday. “I think they are very keen on that.” “There’s a few changes happening at Feyenoord at the moment, and I think Van Bronckhorst is well in the running for technical director.” Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Three Liverpool U21 stars ready to take first-team leap under Arne Slot in 2026/27“Van Persie’s the manager, Dick Advocaat’s there, and Dennis te Kloese, the man who negotiated Slot’s move to Liverpool, is leaving and Van Bronckhorst is the leading candidate.” Though Van Bronckhorst has one year remaining on his deal as part of the Liverpool coaching team, Steele says there would likely be no difficulties in negotiating a move back to the club he won the Eredivisie title with in 2017.“He’s got a year left on his deal like Slot,” he confirmed.
“But I think there’s an unwritten agreement that he could leave if the situation becomes that he wants to go. “If he got offered that job I think he would go, which obviously leaves a vacancy at Liverpool.