Giovanni van Bronckhorst “leading candidate” for Feyenoord job

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst joined Liverpool last summer and has one year remaining on his contract. Image Credits: Imago ImagesArne Slot could be set for a third assistant change, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst emerging as the leading candidate for a role at Feyenoord and expected to leave Liverpool.Van Bronckhorst joined the Reds last summer as a replacement for John Heitinga, but the 51-year-old is now being targeted by Feyenoord.With Dennis te Kloese set to depart his position as technical director, the Dutch club are reportedly keen on appointing Liverpool’s assistant coach as his successor.Speaking on Anfield Index’s Media Matters podcast, the Daily Mail’s Lewis Steele described Van Bronckhorst as the “leading candidate” and suggested he “would go” if offered the role.“I think Feyenoord want to hire him as their technical director.

There’s a few changes happening at Feyenoord at the moment, and I think Van Bronckhorst is well in the running for technical director,” Steele said.“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.”Giovanni van Bronckhorst has one year remaining on his deal with Liverpool. Steele suggests there would be little difficulty in negotiating a return to Feyenoord, where he won the Eredivisie title in 2017.Steele continued: “He’s got a year left on his Liverpool deal, like Slot, but I think there’s an unwritten agreement that he could leave if the situation becomes that he wants to go.“It all depends on what Feyenoord do but I think that Van Bronckhorst, if he got offered that job, he would go which obviously leaves a vacancy at Liverpool.”Van Bronckhorst arrived at Anfield with extensive coaching experience after a distinguished playing career.

As a player, Van Bronckhorst featured for Feyenoord, Rangers, Arsenal and Barcelona, winning the Champions League with the Spanish club in 2006.He also earned 106 caps for the Netherlands, with his final appearance coming in the 2010 World Cup final defeat to Spain.Van Bronckhorst’s departure would leave a gap in Liverpool’s coaching setup, particularly during the transitional phase of Arne Slot’s tenure following his Premier League-winning debut season in 2024–25. Feyenoord Giovanni van Bronckhorst