{"id":451759,"date":"2026-02-01T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451759\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:36:44","slug":"lutsharel-geertruida-has-already-made-arne-slot-feelings-clear-after-liverpool-transfer-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451759\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutsharel Geertruida has already made Arne Slot feelings clear after Liverpool transfer ‘talks’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are reportedly exploring a loan move for Lutsharel Geertruida before Monday’s 7pm deadline.<\/p>\n

Stephen Killen Senior Sport Central Audience Writer<\/p>\n

08:55, 01 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

\"Geertruida<\/p>\n

Liverpool are reportedly in talks to sign Sunderland loanee Lutsharel Geertruida. (Image: CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In-demand Sunderland loanee Lutsharel Geertruida has previously hailed Liverpool<\/a> head coach Arne Slot<\/a> amid ‘talks’ over a possible January transfer.<\/p>\n

The former Feyenoord star also stated that the Premier League-winning tactician got the ‘best out of him’ during their time together in Rotterdam – which saw Slot help bring Eredivisie success back to the club. According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool <\/a>have held talks over a move for the 25-year-old, who is currently on loan at Sunderland from RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n

The Reds are weathering their defensive issues at the moment, with Ibrahima Konate <\/a>and Virgil van Dijk<\/a> their only senior centre-backs, as well as Andy Robertson<\/a> and Milos Kerkez in full-back positions. Joe Gomez<\/a> has endured persistent injury issues, while he and summer signing Jeremie Frimpong <\/a>have now returned to the treatment table, joining Giovanni Leoni<\/a> and Conor Bradley<\/a> after the pair suffered respective season-ending knee injuries.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Arne Slot responds to Curtis Jones transfer talk as says Liverpool want to strengthen squad<\/a>READ MORE: Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike forces Eddie Howe admission after transfer failure<\/a><\/p>\n

The Athletic<\/a> reported that Liverpool are in talks over a possible loan deal for the Netherlands international – but any move would need the blessing of Sunderland – where he has made 17 appearances this season.<\/p>\n

Geertruida was at Leipzig when Darwin Nunez’s effort was enough for the Reds to push past the Bundesliga club during the Champions League<\/a> League Phase in 2024.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the reunion with his former manager, the 25-year-old lauded Liverpool’s boss, he said: “Of course. Arne managed to get the best out of me. He was never afraid to give me some harsh truths and was always correct in what he said about me.<\/p>\n

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“I believe he was a game changer for Feyernoord as soon as he arrived in Rotterdam. We always looked to play a dominant style of football, no matter the opponent.<\/p>\n

“That led to us winning both the league title and the cup – as well as also getting us to a Conference League final. That shows he did a really great job.<\/p>\n

“He is an intelligent coach who knows how he wants to go about things. Off-the-field he is, also, very open and is always prepared to listen to what you have to say and is easy to have a conversation with.”<\/p>\n

Geertruida is a versatile player and has played across the defensive line, as well as midfield, but has predominantly featured at right-back.<\/p>\n

Frimpong’s latest injury setback wasn’t as bad as first feared, and is expected to return in a couple of weeks after being forced off inside five minutes against Qarabag in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Slot, seemingly, left the door open to a potential arrival on deadline day in a shock admission.<\/p>\n

He said: “I think there’s always lots of talks about Liverpool and lots of talks about the Liverpool players.<\/p>\n

“There was a lot of noise around the club the last week, maybe I should say weeks.<\/p>\n

“I think our fans showed today what noise really means, that’s being loud because they were so helpful today.<\/p>\n

“So that is what what noise here is in Liverpool. I think we are trying to strengthen the squad and not trying to weaken it. Yeah, 48 hours or something, I don’t know how long to go. So let’s see where the window ends up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are reportedly exploring a loan move for Lutsharel Geertruida before Monday’s 7pm deadline. Stephen Killen Senior Sport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22261,64,63,138764,7886,12062,85],"class_list":["post-451759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arne-slot","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-january-transfer-window","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}