Giovanni van Bronckhorst close to joining Arne Slot's Liverpool coaching staff
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is close to joining Liverpool's backroom team.
The 50-year-old is the leading candidate to replace John Heitinga, who left Liverpool this summer to return to Ajax as head coach.
Sporting director, Richard Hughes, and head coach Arne Slot have been keen to find a replacement ahead of the pre-season period and Van Bronckhorst, who has managed at Feyenoord, Rangers, and Besiktas fits the bill.
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Although a deal has not yet been done, Van Bronckhorst is now in talks with Liverpool about forming part of a backroom team alongside Sipke Hulshoff and Aaron Briggs.
The former Netherlands international, who played for Arsenal between 2001 and 2004, is keen on a return to the Premier League, and has recently turned down offers to be a head coach elsewhere.
Van Bronckhorst has never worked with Slot and doesn't have a close relationship with him, although the pair share similar ideas around playing style and have already discussed plans for next season.
If a deal is completed, Van Bronckhorst would arrive at the club with a wealth of coaching experience.
After retiring in 2010, the former midfielder began his coaching career in Feyenoord's youth setup before spending four years as the club's first team manager. He then had a short spell coaching in China before spending a year in charge of Rangers.
Following his dissmissal as Rangers manager in November 2022, he was also sacked from his position as Besiktas manager after five months in charge in December 2024. He has been working as a UEFA analyst since the start of 2025.
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