Arne Slot handed ideal route back into management after Liverpool exit as statement released

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A vacancy has arrived at his former club Feyenoord, after they parted ways with boss Robin van Persie.Slot was handed his marching orders by Liverpool last month, after the Reds failed to win a trophy and finished fifth in the Premier League. The Dutch coach was unable to back up his impressive title-winning debut season in England despite the club's lavish spending and has been replaced by Andoni Iraola.While Slot's future had been speculated upon throughout the season, his exit arrived almost a week after the end of the season in England.

Van Persie's own exit may have arrived with a degree of surprise, too, after he led the team to second in the Eredivisie.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! Van Persie's exit was announced just two weeks after Devy Rigaux's appointment as technical director and Robert Eenhoorn as general manager.A statement announcing the decision read: "Feyenoord will begin the 2026-2027 season with a new head coach.

“It’s certainly not an easy decision to close the door behind you at a club where you’ve had so many great moments and worked successfully with so many great people,” he said in a statement on Feyenoord’s website.“But an opportunity to become a head coach in the Premier League, at one of the biggest clubs in the world, is hard to ignore as a sportsman.”Speaking last September, Feyenoord CEO Dennis te Kloese expressed some regret over Slot's exit. “It was just going well, so we thought it could continue under a new manager," he said"But look at what Arne is doing at Liverpool; it’s unique.