Feyenoord’s Arne Slot is one of the main candidates to replace Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager.
Klopp announced in January he would leave Anfield at the end of the season and the Reds have been conducting extensive research into a number of candidates.
The 45-year-old, who led Feyenoord to the 2022-23 Eredivisie title, has emerged as a candidate who fits Liverpool’s criteria.
Feyenoord won the Dutch Cup this season and are second in the Eredivisie.
The decision to appoint Slot has not yet been made, but he has become a strong candidate to succeed Klopp.
He discarded himself of the dispute for the Tottenham Hotspur job last summer, before Ange Postecoglu took over and was considered interesting for Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
Slot became head coach of Feyenoord in December 2020 after leaving AZ Alkmaar, where he began his coaching career.
The former midfielder spent his entire playing career in the Netherlands, playing over 100 games for FC Zwolle and NAC Breda.
Xabi Alonso was linked with the Anfield job, but the former Reds midfielder announced in March that he would remain at Bayer Leverkusen, who have since become German champions.
Sporting Lisbon coach Ruben Amorim was another name heavily linked, but is believed to have dropped out of contention.
