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View image in fullscreenLiverpool agree terms with Feyenoord for Arne Slot to replace Jürgen KloppFeyenoord set to receive £7.7m after verbal agreement madeKlopp says position is ‘best in the world at the best club’

Arne Slot is set to become Liverpool’s next manager after the terms of his move from Feyenoord were agreed in principle between the two clubs on Friday.

Liverpool and Feyenoord have been negotiating a compensation package since the Anfield club made an official move for the 45-year-old earlier this week.

The two parties have now reached a verbal ­agreement over the deal, which will see ­Feyenoord receive €9m (£7.7m) plus €2m in add-ons for a coach who has two years remaining on his contract.

Slot, who publicly declared his desire to replace Jürgen Klopp before Feyenoord’s victory at Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday, is also ­understood to have verbally agreed contract terms with Liverpool.

As well as negotiating with Feyenoord over the compensation, Anfield officials have been discussing ­personal terms with Slot’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta.

Confirmation of Slot’s appointment as Liverpool manager could come quickly now that the financial arrangements are in place.

His playing style, which is not a radical departure from Klopp’s, his success with Feyenoord, where he has won the Eredivisie title and KVNB Cup in the past two seasons, and track record of improving young talent all appealed to the Liverpool hierarchy.

Their recruitment process has been led by Michael Edwards, the new chief executive officer of football for Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owner, and incoming sporting director Richard Hughes.

Klopp claimed Slot would be ­walking into the “best job in the world and the best club in the world” if appointed as his successor.

The outgoing Liverpool manager said on Friday: “Obviously now I even help by not finishing on a high, it looks like, so there is space for improvement.