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Liverpool has confirmed the individuality of Johnny Heitinga's replacement, with different Dutchman arriving to instrumentality his place. Heitinga accepted an connection to go the caput manager of Ajax respective weeks ago, prompting Arne Slot to hunt for a caller No.2.
Liverpool announced connected Wednesday that the relation has gone to Giovanni van Bronckhorst, taxable to him acquiring a enactment permit.
Van Bronckhorst's determination to articulation Liverpool represents thing of a measurement backmost successful presumption of the relation helium volition presume astatine Anfield, having been the manager of the likes of Feyenoord, Rangers and Besiktas since retiring from playing. The 50-year-old really became Rangers manager aft Liverpool fable Steven Gerrard near the nine to go the caput manager of Aston Villa successful 2021.
As such, Van Bronckhorst struck up a affable narration with Gerrard, and erstwhile Gerrard was sacked by Villa conscionable 11 months aft taking over, Van Bronckhorst reached retired to amusement his enactment to the erstwhile Reds captain.
Speaking soon aft Gerrard's Villa Park exit, Van Bronckhorst said: "For him personally, since I joined present I person had regular interaction with Steven astir his clip astatine Aston Villa and, of course, the games we play astatine Rangers.
"It’s portion of your job, I sent him a connection arsenic good this morning. Eventually, I deliberation each managers volition look it astatine 1 time.
"It’s not what you privation due to the fact that we are each dedicated to our jobs, we springiness everything to bring occurrence to the nine but if that’s not going good you cognize the unit is connected you.
"For sure, helium volition larn from his clip astatine Aston Villa and besides with his clip astatine Rangers to go a amended manager for his adjacent job."
Van Bronckhorst's assignment isn't the lone alteration to Arne Slot's backroom unit up of the caller play — the goalkeeping section has besides been overhauled.
Head of first-team goalkeeper coaching Fabian Otte and goalkeeper manager Claudio Taffarel person besides left, making country for the instrumentality of Xavi Valero.
Valero, who antecedently worked astatine Liverpool nether Rafa Benitez, is returning arsenic the caller caput of first-team goalkeeper coaching.
As for Gerrard, helium is astatine a crossroads successful his managerial vocation aft pursuing up his unsuccessful stint astatine Villa with a likewise underwhelming stint successful Saudi Arabia arsenic the manager of Al-Ettifaq.
Gerrard won conscionable 36 of his 99 games crossed his spells successful complaint of the 2 clubs.
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