The Dutch coach, who guided Feyenoord to their first league title in six years in 2023, will take over at Anfield subsequent month.
Arne Slot has been formally confirmed because the new head coach of Liverpool FC.
The Dutchman has signed a three-year deal, tying him to the premier league membership till the summer season of 2027, and can begin work on 1 June.
In a change from custom, he’ll grow to be the membership’s first head coach relatively than supervisor.
The change in title suits in with a new administration construction on the membership, which has been given an overhaul in latest months.
The membership mentioned in a press release: “He will soon become the first head coach of Liverpool FC from the Netherlands – with his first pre-season in charge of the squad set to get under way in July.”
It added his appointment was “subject to a work permit”.
Liverpool’s former sporting administrators Michael Edwards and Julian Ward have agreed to grow to be chief govt of soccer and technical director respectively. Meanwhile, a new sporting director, Richard Hughes, has been recruited from Bournemouth.
The 45-year-old Feyenoord boss informed reporters he was making the transfer to Merseyside on Friday, whereas tentative phrases had been agreed in April.
Klopp: ‘If town wants me I’m there’
It comes after Jurgen Klopp paid an emotional farewell to Liverpool on Sunday after practically 9 years in cost.
During his goodbye speech, he sang Slot’s identify to the gang at Anfield and inspired followers to point out their assist for the new supervisor by becoming a member of in.
Klopp, 56, introduced in January he was leaving Liverpool as a result of he was “running out of energy”.
In his remaining information convention as supervisor on Friday, the German paid tribute to the folks of Liverpool as he described it as a “very special city”.
Klopp guided the Reds to seven trophies, together with the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League title a yr later.
The aspect additionally achieved victory within the FA Cup in 2022 and the Carabao Cup earlier this yr.
Slot, who coached Feyenoord to their first league title in six years in 2023 and the Dutch Cup in April, was on Liverpool’s record of candidates for the function.
He had two years left on his contract with the Rotterdam-based membership, however was launched from it after Liverpool agreed to pay £9.4m (€11m) in compensation.
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Liverpool used refined knowledge evaluation, character and efficiency analysis, market evaluation, efficiency analysis and numerous different indicators earlier than settling on Slot as their most popular candidate.
Asked final month what his Anfield job title is perhaps, Slot replied: “I’m not excited by what you name me: you possibly can name me Arne, head coach or supervisor.
“I do not care so long as I can do what I like and that’s being with the gamers on the pitch, working with them and being on the video games as that’s the most particular.”