Liverpool are anticipated to verify the arrival of analyst Roderick van der Ham, with the 33-year-old confirming his exit from Arne Slot‘s former membership Feyenoord.
Slot introduced assistants Sipke Hulshoff and Ruben Peeters with him from Feyenoord to Liverpool, however months into the job there stay gaps in his backroom.
Etienne Reijnen was denied a transfer from Feyenoord resulting from issues in gaining work allow, having served as analyst and technical advisor all through Slot’s last season in Rotterdam.
Liverpool have taken their time to find an alternate, however that seems to have been resolved with the upcoming appointment of Van der Ham.
Dutch outlet 1908.nl reported a month in the past that Van der Ham was resulting from be a part of Liverpool as a video analyst, and he has now confirmed his departure from Feyenoord.
“Final week, my time at Feyenoord formally got here to an finish,” Van der Ham wrote on Instagram.
“An enormous thanks to all my colleagues and gamers for the recollections we made collectively at this incredible membership!
“With hopes of making much more unforgettable recollections, it’s time to maneuver on!”
Whereas his change to Liverpool is as but unconfirmed, that’s the means issues are anticipated to maneuver, with Van der Ham belatedly following Slot to Merseyside.
It stays to be seen whether or not this ends any curiosity in extending the top coach’s working relationship with Reijnen, with it nonetheless potential that the membership are exploring avenues to safe his work allow.
However with Van der Ham there ought to no less than be a key function crammed within the evaluation staff, which additionally contains Daniel Spearritt, Janson Moreno, James French and Joel Bonner.
Liverpool had been beforehand promoting for a specialist set-piece coach, however their search has been paused with first-team particular person improvement coach Aaron Briggs presently filling that function.
Van der Ham spent simply over two years with Feyenoord, having beforehand held positions at Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda and the Netherlands U19s.
