Former Everton defender John Heitinga has returned to Merseyside, joining new Liverpool boss Arne Slot’s coaching team.
Heitinga spent five years at Everton as a player between 2009 and 2014, and recently worked with former Toffees manager David Moyes as an assistant manager at West Ham.
Before that, the Dutchman had a short spell as interim coach at Ajax, where he won 14 of 22 games in charge, before leaving in the summer of 2023.
The 40-year-old will now work alongside his compatriot Slot at Anfield, who has already brought in Sipe Hulshoff from Feyenoord as his assistant, Ruben Peeters as head of performance, Fabian Otte as head of goalkeeping and Aaron Briggs as first-team individual development. trainer.
