Slot has two years left on his Feyenoord deal and it will cost around £8.6million in compensation to hire him this summer.

However, despite the wheels being in motion, Slot remains Feyenoord boss and is in the City of Deventer on Thursday night to manage his side against Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.

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Cotterill tried his very best to put his questions to Slot, but struggled with a security guard ushering him away.

“You’re in the news,” Cotterill began, to which Slot smiled and replied: “I am, I can’t deny that.” Cotterill then said: “You said you wanted to go to the Premier League – is it a possibility?”

Slot was not sticking around to hear anything else he had to stay, quickly climbing up the steps with his shirt and suitcase in hand.

Liverpool aren’t the first Premier League side to try and hire Slot – Tottenham came close to doing so last May, but couldn’t agree terms and ended up going for Ange Postecoglou instead.

A normal next step would be to go abroad and I’ve always said that the best league in the world is the Premier League."

He won the Eredivisie with Feyenoord last season and has secured the Dutch cup this season – and it is his playing style which has attracted Liverpool.
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