The participant incoming Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has used greater than some other in his profession to date was within the stands for Saturday’s 2-2 draw with West Ham.
It was extensively reported on Friday evening that Liverpool had agreed phrases with Feyenoord for Slot to take over as supervisor on the finish of the season.
The 45-year-old will substitute Jurgen Klopp, who’s overseeing the ultimate video games of a close to nine-year tenure that has introduced exceptional success.
These closing weeks are proving troublesome – for Klopp, the gamers and supporters – with Liverpool struggling for type and seeing their hopes of lifting the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup dashed.
A summer time of appreciable change is forward, and that’s more likely to prolong to the first-team squad, with new gamers arriving and a few leaving.
Feyenoord’s Lutsharel Geertruida was on the London stadium this afternoon… pic.twitter.com/yiLD8bv79g
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It was definitely fascinating, then, that Feyenoord defender Lutsharel Geertruida was in attendance at West Ham‘s London Stadium on Saturday.
The 23-year-old, who’s Slot’s most-used participant with 124 appearances, shared his view from the stands by way of his private Snapchat account.
Geertruida got here by way of the academy at Feyenoord and has cemented himself as a first-choice starter, most frequently as a right-back.
Nevertheless, the Netherlands worldwide can also be snug at centre-back and as a defensive midfielder, whereas he has been used at left-back every now and then too.
All seven of his appearances for the Dutch nationwide staff have come alongside Virgil van Dijk at centre-back.
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Een schorre Arne Slot met een zingende Lutsharel Geertruida ?
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Although he hardly ever conducts interviews as a result of a extreme stammer, Geertruida is an influential determine in Feyenoord’s dressing room and has ceaselessly worn the captain’s armband this season.
Whether or not his go to to the London Stadium was linked with a possible transfer to Liverpool stays to be seen – there may be each probability, after all, that West Ham have an interest.
However the truth that Slot is because of take over at Anfield will solely enhance hyperlinks with Feyenoord gamers forward of the switch window.
Including a participant of his high quality, potential, age and flexibility could also be interesting to a membership who’re more likely to search new faces in defence, with Joel Matip on the very least set to depart.
