Arne Slot has been left ‘rocked’ by the information of a shock summer season exit at Anfield.
The Dutchman, put in as Jurgen Klopp’s successor final 12 months, helped the Merseysiders to their first Premier League title since 2019/20 and was additionally pivotal in convincing Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk to resume their contracts.
However with an enormous summer season forward by way of personnel, Liverpool might be about to lose a key squad member already, with the summer season window now just some days away from opening.
Arne Slot getting ready for HUGE exit at Anfield
With offers for Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz trying seemingly, the Reds are effectively located by way of their plans for summer season incomings.
Darwin Nunez and Trent Alexander-Arnold are two different gamers who additionally trying to be heading for pastures new, however the newest data suggests one other departure is not one the membership was anticipating.
As relayed by Fabrizio Romano, Slot’s assistant and former Everton defender, Jonny Heitinga, has been granted permission by the membership to carry talks with Ajax about their ongoing managerial emptiness.
Liverpool have already begun the method of replacements if the Heitinga deal goes by, with Romano describing the transfer at this level as ‘seemingly’.
Heitinga boasts a complete host of expertise already within the dugout, having beforehand managed Ajax for six months within the second half of the 2022-23 marketing campaign, the place the membership completed third within the Eredivisie and misplaced to PSV within the KNVB Cup remaining.
He then joined David Moyes’ teaching workers at West Ham for the 2023-24 season, earlier than departing and becoming a member of Slot at Anfield following the previous Feyenoord boss’ appointment final summer season.
In FourFourTwo‘s view, Slot can be saddened to lose a person of Heitinga’s expertise, particularly given how effectively the pair have labored collectively throughout his debut season in England.
Dutchman Sipke Hulshoff is Liverpool’s first assistant coach and will but assume the duties, nevertheless it stays to be seen who the Reds herald as a alternative.
