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Departing Liverpool goalkeeping manager Claudio Taffarel, the Brazilian fable who had a adjacent narration with Alisson Becker, has sent a heartfelt connection aft his exit from Arne Slot's coaching staff was confirmed.
On Wednesday, Liverpool said that Giovanni van Bronckhorst had been appointed arsenic Slot’s caller assistant, replacing John Heitinga, who has moved to Ajax. And Xavi Valero was confirmed arsenic returning to go caput of first-team goalkeeper coaching, with Taffarel and Fabian Otte some moving on.
"So grateful and arrogant of the clip moving with Liverpool FC," Taffarel wrote connected Instagram. "My astir sincere convey you to each azygous unit member, each the players, and of people the astonishing fans. These years volition everlastingly beryllium successful my heart."
Taffarel and Alisson formed a adjacent enslaved astatine Liverpool, with the second having been astatine the nine since November 2021. They besides enactment unneurotic with the Brazilian nationalist team.
"If they would besides alteration Taffarel, they astir apt would person told Ali to find a caller nine basically," John Achterberg, the erstwhile Liverpool goalkeeping coach, said past summer, summing up that friendship.
"Personally, I person ne'er been capable to program for the agelong term," Alisson said earlier this summer, via the Brazilian outlet O Globo. "Obviously, I person 1 twelvemonth near connected my declaration and different twelvemonth of enactment from the club.
"They volition astir apt workout that option. I deliberation astir what I person successful hand, astir doing a large job, it is simply a decisive infinitesimal successful my career, with a World Cup approaching. I privation to beryllium precise focused, I don’t privation immoderate readying to get successful the mode of this large goal.
"I privation to instrumentality to Brazilian football, specifically to Inter. I can’t accidental when, but I privation to. And I mean to instrumentality astatine a precocious level. That’s what I person planned, if that is what readying is."
Liverpool has a succession program seemingly successful place. Giorgi Mamardashvili officially became a Reds subordinate connected Tuesday, with that transportation woody having been agreed with Valencia past summer.
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And this year, Liverpool has snapped up the highly-rated 20-year-old Hungarian Armin Pecsi. Caoimhin Kelleher has moved on, portion Vitezslav Jaros has gone connected indebtedness to Ajax.
But losing Taffarel's acquisition volition person been a blow. He was a highly thought of manager down the scenes and determination has been a just magnitude of turnover successful unit conscionable a fewer weeks aft the Reds won the league.
Arne Slot and his players volition reconvene for pre-season adjacent week with a caller look among the coaches. The new Premier League run kicks disconnected successful mid-August against Bournemouth, portion the archetypal affable of the summertime is astatine Preston a week connected Sunday.
Liverpool.com says: Taffarel and Alisson had a adjacent narration and helium was a bully manager too, truthful helium volition beryllium a nonaccomplishment down the scenes. Valero is highly regarded, too, though, and should beryllium a bully replacement.
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