{"id":462640,"date":"2026-05-23T01:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462640\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:33:08","slug":"liverpool-to-appoint-new-coach-in-strong-show-of-support-for-embattled-boss-arne-slot-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462640\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool to appoint new coach in strong show of support for embattled boss Arne Slot \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a> are closing in on the appointment of Etienne Reijnen to their coaching staff, a move that would underline the club\u2019s continued support for Arne Slot.<\/p>\n

Slot\u2019s position remains under intense scrutiny with Liverpool yet to seal Champions League<\/a> qualification ahead of Sunday\u2019s final Premier League<\/a> game against Brentford at Anfield. A sizeable section of the club\u2019s match-going support has become fed up with the team\u2019s style of play. The manager\u2019s cause has also not been helped by his players, several of whom liked a highly critical social media post by Mohamed Salah<\/a> last Saturday. <\/p>\n

The club, however, are backing Slot\u2019s request to strengthen his backroom team this summer and are working on a deal for the Feyenoord assistant manager. Reijnen played with Slot at PEC Zwolle and became Slot\u2019s assistant at Feyenoord in 2023. <\/p>\n

Slot wanted to bring the 39-year-old with him when first appointed at Anfield but work-permit issues scuppered the move. A deal to reunite both men on Merseyside has not been completed but is progressing. <\/p>\n

Feyenoord\u2019s technical director, Dennis te Kloese, seemingly confirmed Reijnen\u2019s exit this week when saying: \u201cReijnen is simply a very talented young coach. He doesn\u2019t just go abroad to work for no reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slot would not confirm the move on Friday. \u201cAs long as things are not done, then I will not be commenting on who we are signing or who we don\u2019t,\u201d he said. But he added: \u201cIt is fair to say that I have worked with him before and I have a very high regard for him in terms of the coach he is. It is also clear that I tried to sign him two years ago when I first came here but we couldn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Liverpool head coach would also not be drawn on Salah\u2019s latest attempt to undermine him or whether the Egypt international will be involved against Brentford, when both the forward and Andy Robertson will say farewell to Anfield. <\/p>\n

But he agreed with Salah on the importance of Champions League qualification and insisted Liverpool\u2019s focus must be on securing a top-five finish before turning to the send-offs. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were to ask these two players \u2013 and I think it was also one of the things Mo said in his post \u2013 that he also understands how important qualification for the Champions League is for us. If we want to have an even more solid base than the one we have built this season, going into next season, then Champions League football is vital for that. It will give it an even more sold base than without Champions League football.\u201d \u2013 Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are closing in on the appointment of Etienne Reijnen to their coaching staff, a move that would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16118,42,1547,43,1102,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-462640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arne-slot","tag-headlines","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}