Coach Arne Slot was officially announced to take the “captain” seat of Liverpool, replacing Jurgen Klopp.

On the night of May 20 (Vietnam time), Liverpool officially announced on their homepage their decision to appoint Arne Slot to take on the role of head coach to replace Jurgen Klopp. The 45-year-old strategist will start work at Anfield from June 1 and according to The Telegraph, the contract between the two parties has a term of 3 years.

Liverpool officially announced new “captain” Arne Slot

“Liverpool announced that Arne Slot has agreed to an agreement to become the new head coach of the club and officially assume this position on June 1, 2024 according to a work permit. The 45-year-old coach joins the club from Feyenoord before the 2024/25 season, after reaching an agreement to part ways with the representative of the Eredivisie (Dutch national championship). Slot replaces Jurgen Klopp, who decided to resign at the end of the 2023/24 season.

In addition, the Liverpool homepage emphasizes that Arne Slot is the first Dutch coach in history to lead the Anfield team: “The Dutch coach will join the team after 3 extremely successful seasons. with Feyenoord. During this time, he led Feyenoord to win the Dutch championship in 2023 and was twice honored as the Eredivisie’s best coach of the year.

In April, Arne Slot helped the club from Rotterdam win the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC Nijmegen 1-0 in the final.

Before moving to Feyenoord, Slot held the position of head coach of AZ Alkmaar, helping the team ranked 2nd in the 2019/20 season rankings, only behind top team Ajax in terms of goal difference until the season was canceled. due to COVID-19.

During his playing career, he mainly played as a midfielder, playing for FC Zwolle, NAC Breda, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle before hanging up his boots in 2013. Now, Arne Slot will become the first Liverpool head coach. first from the Netherlands, and starts the pre-season in July.”

Coach Arne Slot is tasked with helping Nunez maintain stable performance

Meanwhile, an exclusive source from SunSport revealed that Arne Slot’s first task is to help Darwin Nunez and some Liverpool players “reach their full potential”. The Uruguayan striker joined Liverpool in the summer of 2022 for a fee of 85 million pounds, contributed 33 goals/96 matches but did not always maintain stable performance.

Earlier this month, the media reported that Nunez was being contacted to move to Barcelona to replace Robert Lewandowski. However, with coach Arne Slot being assigned the responsibility of “privately tutoring” the 24-year-old striker, it is likely that he is still in Liverpool’s future plans.

Source: https://tcdulichtphcm.vn/the-thao/liverpool-chinh-thuc-cong-bo-coach-arne-slot-tuong-moi-nhan-nhie…