Liverpool has identified the Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot as its preferred candidate to take over from Jürgen Klopp this summer, with the 45-year-old now the leading contender for the vacancy.

Others including Rúben Amorim had also been under consideration.

But after an extensive process, led by FSG CEO of football Michael Edwards, Liverpool has now approached Feyenoord, and talks over Slot have begun.



And Liverpool might have the ideal answer.

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According to Voetbal Zone, current Liverpool coach Pep Lijnders, who is expected to move into a head coach role once he leaves Anfield, could be on Feyenoord's shortlist.

Lijnders is expected to take his Liverpool colleague Vitor Matos, who is also set to depart this summer, wherever he goes next as his assistant.

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Lijnders has been suggested in some quarters as a possible candidate to take over from Klopp and lead the next phase at Anfield.

Other candidates, of course including Slot, have far more experience of leading a club on their own rather than as part of a team.

Nevertheless, it will be a big step up for whoever comes in to replace Klopp.

If it is Slot, he has experience in the Eredivisie but the Premier League will be an altogether different challenge.

Lijnders has managed in the Netherlands before, briefly leaving Liverpool to take charge of NEC Nijmegen.
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