FEYENOORD'S SLOT CLOSE TO FINALISING AGREEMENT WITH LIVERPOOL AS KLOPP SUCCESSOR

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Liverpool and Feyenoord are heading towards finalising an agreement for Arne Slot to become Jurgen Klopp’s successor.

Talks have progressed positively and while sources in the Netherlands have mentioned a figure of £9.85 million, Sky Sports News has been told no amount has been settled on yet and negotiations are ongoing.

Slot, who led the Dutch club to only their second Eredivisie title this century last season, featured on Liverpool’s list of candidates from the start of a long, rigorous process and topped it when they finished due diligence on all the key criteria.

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Sporting coach Ruben Amorim had made Liverpool’s shortlist, and despite the external noise over him, the club always maintained he was not the leading or preferred option.

He ticked several requirements, but his playing approach – particularly using three at the back – and long-term vision did not fit the current squad nor the philosophy implemented through all age groups at Liverpool.

Suggestions that financial reasons were behind Amorim not being the frontrunner for the Anfield job has been termed fiction.