Arne Slot Agrees Compensation Fee with Liverpool: Set to Replace Jurgen Klopp

KOMPAS.com – Liverpool It is reported that he has agreed with Feyenoord regarding the compensation fee Arne Slot. The Dutch coach is ready to replace him Juergen Klopp.

The compensation package for Arne Slot’s release was reportedly agreed at 7.7 million pounds, plus 1.7 million pounds in bonuses.

The total cost of releasing Slot, who is still under contract with Feyenoord until June 2026, is 9.4 million pounds (around 190.7 billion rupiah).

“It seemed clear to me that I wanted to work there (Liverpool),” said Slot, who led Feyenoord to champion the Dutch League, Eredivisie, in 2022-2023, as reported by BBC.

The slot has been prepared to fill the position of Juergon Klopp, who has been confirmed to leave the Liverpool coaching bench at the end of the 2023-2024 season.

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Klopp in January 2024 made a shocking announcement about his resignation as Liverpool coach at the end of this season.

In fact, Klopp is still under contract with Liverpool until 2026. As a result, the team management, aka The Reds, must rush to find a new coach.

Liverpool had been linked with a number of names, starting from Xabi Alonso (Leverkusen), Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton), and Ruben Amorim (Sporting CP).

However, in the end Slot’s name emerged and is now ready to become Klopp’s successor at Liverpool.

“I like the way his team plays football. Everything I hear about him shows that he is a good person,” said Klopp about Slot.

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Arne Slot is known for adopting an aggressive playing style. He admitted that he was inspired a lot. from Man City coach, Pep Guardiola.

“I certainly don’t want to compare myself with Pep, but he is a control freak like me,” Slot said in an interview with Football International in May 2023.

“If I look at myself, I try to win the match the week before the duel is played, by carrying out training, motivational words before the match and tactics to the players as perfectly as possible.”

Sky Sports then explained a number of similarities between Slot and Klopp.

One of them is that Slot’s Feyenoord is said to be the team that has won possession of the ball in the final third of their opponents’ games the most, compared to contestants in the five big European leagues.