Who is Fabian Otte? New Liverpool coach set to manage Alisson Becker and Caoimhin Kelleher

Arne Slot has confirmed Fabian Otte will join Liverpool as the club's new head of goalkeeping after fulfilling his duties with the United States at this summer's Copa America.

The Reds have been on the hunt for someone to lead the goalkeeper department at Anfield since John Achterberg left the club at the end of the season. That search had been conducted by Fenway Sports Group's head of global goalkeeping Hans Leitert, Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes and Slot.

In his first interview as Liverpool head coach on Wednesday, Slot confirmed that Otte would join the club to oversee the development of Alisson Becker, Caoimhín Kelleher, Vitezslav Jaros and more at Anfield.

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Otte, 33, left Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach at the end of the season to focus on his role with the USA national team, who he has worked with since September 2023.

Once the USA's 2024 Copa America campaign is complete, Otte will switch his attention to Anfield and, in doing so, seal a return to the Premier League. Otte's first taste of English football came with Burnley in the 2020/21 season before he joined Monchengladbach. Before that, he had worked for the New Zealand women's national team.

Otte made the move into coaching after a playing career that spanned across Germany, the United States, England, Holland and New Zealand and was recommended by former England and Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Following Otte's decision to step down from his role at Borussia Monchengladbach earlier this year, the club's sporting director, Roland Virkus, hailed the "outstanding job" he had done for the Bundesliga side.