Arne Slot issues clear new Liverpool manager update and makes Jurgen Klopp promise

Arne Slot has all but confirmed his move to Liverpool - emphasising that it is only a matter of time before his exit from Feyenoord will be made official.

The Reds reached an agreement with the Dutch club to appoint the 45-year-old at the end of the current season, replacing Jurgen Klopp at the helm after nine years in charge on Merseyside.

Slot, like Klopp, took charge of his penultimate home game in charge of the club on Sunday and secured a comprehensive 5-0 victory over PEC Zwolle. PSV Eindhoven secured the Eredivisie title earlier on during the day, though Feyenoord will finish second in the division and currently sit 15 points clear of third-placed FC Twente.

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Taking to the pitch at the end of Sunday's win, Slot could be seen saying his goodbyes to supporters and waved in a manner representing an individual preparing for a farewell. Feyenoord still have one more home match to play, though much of the home end will be empty as punishment for the use of fireworks during their KNVB Cup semi-final victory over Groningen.

Addressing his future on Sunday evening, Slot said: “I’m not worried at all about whether it will go ahead – the question is when it will be communicated. I think I agree on that, that it looked like that [a farewell]. Because of all the rumours in the media, I think they are expecting me to leave. Yeah, that is something we could say."

Slot watched the start of Liverpool's 4-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield before turning his attention to his side's own fixture. Admitting he will likely be watching many more games of the Reds in the near future, as well as seeking advice from Klopp, he remarked: "If the official confirmation is there and I’m 100% sure that I will go there, I don’t think I’ll only watch that game, I will watch a lot of games from them."

“I think it’s normal that if you go to a new club, and if that would be Liverpool, it is normal that you contact the former coach. I did this when I went to Feyenoord as well. It’s more than normal that, all the knowledge a person has that worked a few years at that club – and in his situation, even nine years – that you contact him. Apart from that, I know his assistant quite well, Pepijn Lijnders. But if there’s an official confirmation when the season is done, it would be strange if I didn’t call him then.”