Arne Slot’s Feyenoord assistant Sipke Hulshoff has reportedly told the Dutch national side he will not work as Ronald Koeman’s No 2 for their upcoming Euro 2024 campaign so that he can instead join his colleague at Liverpool.
While Slot’s appointment has not yet been confirmed, it appears the Dutchman is edging closer to succeeding Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, and could even ‘take Klopp’s house in Merseyside well as the German’s job,’ according to reports.
His assistant coach, Hulshoff, per The Mirror, has now ‘announced his resignation from the Netherlands’ coaching set up, as the Feyenoord coach looks set to follow Slot to Liverpool.
Hulshoff reportedly informed the Netherlands of his decision to exclude himself from this summer’s European Championships, with Koeman now ‘on the hunt for a replacement’ coach.
There has been a delay in formally confirming Slot’s move to Anfield amid complications over his backroom staff. The Mirror claims that Liverpool could only give Hulshoff the green light to work alongside Slot at Anfield, if he was available by July 1.
That means Liverpool could be set to pay Feyenoord a total of £13million to hire Slot and his backroom team, with Mail Sport previously writing that the deal would also see his second assistant Etienne Reijnen and head of performance Ruben Peeters join with him.
