Liverpool’s new coaching set-up explained as six depart with Arne Slot plan taking shape

It’s set to be a summer of big changes at Liverpool as several members of the club’s backroom staff follow Jurgen Klopp.

Klopp announced his departure at the start of the season, with the German taking charge of his final game on Sunday before Feyenoord coach Arne Slot replaced him in the dugout – a move confirmed by Slot himself on Friday.

When asked directly about the Liverpool job in Friday’s pre-match press conference, Slot replied: “I can confirm that I will become manager there next year.”

Preparations for his move to Anfield will be underway and that will include who will join him as part of his backroom staff. Klopp has confirmed that six members of his staff will leave with him in the summer.

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Slot’s current assistant manager at Feyenoord, Sipke Hulshoff, looks set to join Klopp at Liverpool after stepping down from his role as Ronald Koeman’s assistant manager with the Dutch national team. Hulshoff currently does both jobs, but is set to focus solely on the Liverpool role when he joins Slot.

Negotiations for the assistant manager were said to be one of the reasons that delayed the Reds finalizing the appointment of a new manager. Hulsoft will now not work with the Netherlands during Euro 2024.

Ruben Peeters is another who will join Slot at Liverpool from Feyenoord. The 32-year-old is currently head of performance at the Dutch club.

A third staff member in Etienne Reijnen is also reported to be making the switch. He is an analyst and technical advisor under the guidance of Slot.

So who will they replace in the Liverpool dugout? Six members of Jurgen Klopp’s backroom staff have so far been confirmed to leave the club alongside the German in the summer.

Assistant coach Pep Lijnders has been confirmed as the new head coach of Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and is joined by fellow coach Vitor Matos. Klopp also revealed that another manager in John Achterberg will be leaving to join Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia, who are managed by Steven Gerrard.

Goalkeeping coach Jack Robinson, fitness coach Andreas Kornmayer and head of recovery and performance Andreas Schlumberger will also leave the club in the summer. It means Slott will have to bring in a few more members of his staff, but whether he will continue to call on his old club or look elsewhere remains to be seen.

Jyri Nieminen is the current goalkeeper coach at Feyenoord. He has been with the coach for a year since joining from the New York Red Bulls last summer.

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