Arne Slot has given up his key card at Anfield. The Dutchman passed the test to replace Jürgen Klopp, but when the test was taken in the demanding second season, he failed. Slot has also created sky-high expectations for the coach at Feyenoord after he left the club for Liverpool in 2024. Now there is another coach who will try to meet these expectations in Rotterdam.
When Arne Slot left Feyenoord in the summer of 2024 to replace Jürgen Klopp at Anfield, the Feynoord supporters were well used to vying for titles. The Eredivisie title was picked up in the 2022/23 season, the 2022/23 season was the cup title. In Slot’s debut season, 2021/22, Feyenoord went all the way to the Europa League final with a narrow loss to Roma. For the coaches who have come after Slot, expectations have been on a par with new titles, Robin van Persie got to know this.
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The Rotterdam club finished second in the Eredivisie this season, securing a place in the Champions League, but it was not enough for van Persie to keep his job as head coach. The former Manchester United star was hired as Feyenoord coach at the end of February 2025 to replace Brian Priske, who had been fired.
According to the hyperactive transfer journalist Romano, it has been decided that Feyenoord now bring in Giovanni van Bronckhorst as their new head coach. The slot assistant who had to take the same route as the head coach out the gate at Anfield for three days. Sipke Hulshoff, who was also an assistant coach at the Merseyside club, will join Feyenoord as an assistant coach, it is reported.
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Giovanni van Bronckhorst was previously head coach of Feyenoord from 2015 to 2019. Here, the team won two Super Cups, two cup titles and a single Dutch championship. Now the same is expected for Feyenoord in 2026.
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