Feyenoord are ready to complete a deal for Arne Slot to become Liverpool’s new manager – which could cost the Reds £13m and be finalized THIS weekend
Feyenoord are ready to complete a deal for their manager Arne Slot to become Liverpool’s new boss within the next 48 hours.
Advanced talks between the two clubs will continue on Friday, with the Dutch club hoping these discussions will reach a positive conclusion after the Dutchman publicly admitted his desire to join Liverpool on Thursday evening.
Well-placed sources believe an agreement could be reached by the end of the weekend.
Feyenoord, as Mail Sport revealed earlier this week, want a minimum of £8.6 million in compensation to release Slot from his contract.
The Dutch club are trying to push through a deal that would see Liverpool pay more than €10m (£8.58m) for their manager, a sum which would not include members of staff who would follow him to England.
Liverpool could reach agreement to sign Arne Slot by the end of this weekend
Talks for him to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield have reached an advanced stage.
Slot is expected to bring some of his backroom staff with him to the Merseyside club
The clubs are yet to reach an agreement over Slot’s fee, but sources insist a deal is not far away.
Slot is keen to take his assistant Sipke Hulshof with him to Anfield and possibly another member of Feyenoord staff – expected to be performance manager Ruben Peeters – which would see the total remuneration move closer to £13million.
However, Feyenoord do not want Slot to eliminate his entire backroom team when he joins the Premier League and will stand firm against any attempts by Slot and Liverpool to bring several members of the Dutch club’s staff to Merseyside.
Slot confirmed his intention to join Liverpool on Thursday evening ahead of Feyenoord’s match against the Go Ahead Eagles.
Slot wants to take his assistant Sipke Hulshof with him to Anfield and another member of staff
He revealed his intentions earlier this week and was hoping to join Liverpool.
If he joins Liverpool, he will inherit a team made up of several exciting young stars and established players, including Virgil van Dijk, whose contract will expire soon.
“The clubs negotiate. I’m waiting to see what comes of this,” he said.
“It’s no secret that I would like to go to Liverpool. Now I’m waiting for the clubs to find an agreement. I have every confidence in that.
