With Arne Slot being strongly linked with a transfer to Liverpool to exchange Jurgen Klopp in the summertime, former Reds ace Dirk Kuyt has already named two gamers he’s hoping the Anfield-based outfit will make a transfer for.
It could possibly be a busy summer season window for the Merseysiders with a brand new supervisor coming in and quite a few key gamers coming into the ultimate yr of their respective offers.
If Kuyt was to have his manner within the switch market he’s already talked about that he’d wish to see Orkun Kokcu and Lutsharel Geertruida be a part of the Reds.
The previous left Feyenoord for Benfica in the summertime of final yr whereas the latter is a vitally vital participant below Slot on the Eredivisie champions.
“I’m a Feyenoord man and they’re doing very effectively in the meanwhile,” Kuyt instructed the Liverpool Echo final yr (through Liverpool World). “They’ve an excellent supervisor in Arne Slot and a few of the youthful guys like Kokcu and Geertruida are knocking on the door and enjoying very effectively.
Curiosity definitely got here for Kokcu with Benfica paying €25m for the 23-year-old whereas proper again Geertruida has seven objectives and 4 assists throughout all competitions this season.
It could be fascinating to see whether or not Slot would carry any of his present gamers to Merseyside if he was to get the Liverpool job.
The 45-year-old has executed a superb job at Feyeenord since turning into their boss in 2021 and is believed to be excited by the prospect of changing our German tactician (Telegraph).
Switch rumours will start to emerge within the coming weeks as method the summer season switch window however we have now 5 enormous league video games to get by means of first earlier than worrying about life after Klopp!
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