Liverpool coach leaves door open to return to former club - 'Who knows what the future holds'
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Giovanni van Bronckhorst only joined Arne Slot's Liverpool coaching staff last season – but now he's been asked about a return to FeyenoordLiverpool assistant manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has left the door open for a return to Feyenoord.Van Bronckhorst, like Arne Slot, is a former Feyenoord manager and also had spells in charge of Chinese outfit Guangzhou as well as Rangers and Besiktas.He joined the Reds as assistant manager to Slot in the summer following John Heitinga’s departure to Ajax.The former Netherlands international won 109 of the 176 Feyenoord matches he took charge of and led the club to the Eredivisie title in 2017FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageAnd although Van Bronckhorst admitted he is enjoying life at Liverpool, he didn’t rule out making a return to the Stadion Feijenoord in the future.“I’m having a great time at Liverpool,” he told 1908.nl.
“It is a fantastic club. We’ll see what the future brings."Feyenoord will always remain special and connected to me, but right now I am simply enjoying what I do in England and for the Foundation, and that is very diverse.”And when asked directly about a return to Feyenoord, the former Arsenal man replied: “Who knows what the future holds.”Opening up on his decision to join the Reds last summer, Van Bronckhorst revealed: “When Arne called me about joining his staff, it was part of my decision to come but also a big part of it was the club.“As a player and coach, I’ve always been involved in clubs that are well-known throughout the world, were always competing for the top prizes.“As a player with Arsenal, Barcelona and, of course, the national team, Rangers, and Feyenoord in Holland, so it’s the environment I had all my life as a player.“I feel I have the same experience with the size of the club Liverpool is, with how it stands in society.
It is very important for the city, it is a club that is well connected within the community and I think that’s also really, really nice.“I have been here now for a few weeks, but I could sense how big the club is straight away – including when we were in Hong Kong and Tokyo.“You could feel Liverpool is well loved there and how many fans we have across the world, even to watch our training sessions.“Once the season starts with a big game against Crystal Palace and then the start of the Premier League, you can see everyone wants to give everything every day to be as well prepared as we can be for the start.”