Arne Slot ‘to become new Liverpool manager as deal agreed for Feyenoord boss to replace Jurgen Klopp’

Liverpool have finally got their man with reports emerging the club has finally broken a stalemate that will allow them to sign their new coach.

Arne Slot is heading for Liverpool in May. Credit: Getty

Arne Slot is poised to be confirmed as Liverpool’s next manager after a compensation deal with Feyenoord was agreed in principle.

The Dutchman, 45, is now tipped to succeed outgoing Anfield legend Jurgen Klopp at the end of the Eredivisie season in mid-May.

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Negotiations with Holland giants Feyenoord are understood to have been finalised.

And it’s even thought Slot’s contract details at Liverpool have been sorted out.

His incoming appointment is expected to be confirmed within days.

It comes 24 hours after Sky Sports journalist Gary Cotterill was grabbed and held away from the former AZ Alkmaar chief when he tried to question him over the move.

Feyenoord coach Arne Slot is headed to Liverpool. ANP MAURICE VAN STONE (Photo by ANP)

Head Coach Arne Slot of Feyenoord with the TOTO KNVB Cup trophy. (Photo by Andre Weening/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Cotterill was blocked off by a member of the manager’s entourage.

Slot smiled at the time but was unwilling to divulge any details.

Klopp, 56, revealed in January he would end his nine-year Anfield reign once the campaign was over.

He guided Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2019 and the Prem title the following year.

But Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at Everton left the Reds third in the table - three points off leaders Arsenal and two behind Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Klopp’s successor Slot was a solid, goalscoring midfielder during 18 years as a player.

He notched 50 goals in 164 games in a seven-year stint at first club Zwolle.

Jurgen Klopp is stepping down. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Then came five years with NAC Breda and a spell with Sparta Rotterdam from 2007-10 before he returned to Zwolle to finish his playing career.

Not surprisingly, it was at Zwolle where Slot turned to coaching after he retired on the pitch in 2013.

He then bossed Dutch second-tier club Cambur in 2016-17 and took the Alkmaar job two years later.

Slot then landed one of the top jobs in Holland football when Feyenoord came calling in December 2020.

Now he is expected to head to Liverpool after the Dutch domestic campaign finishes on May 19.

- This article first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

Originally published as Arne Slot ‘to become new Liverpool manager as deal agreed for Feyenoord boss to replace Jurgen Klopp’