Liverpool use LinkedIn to recruit for key first-team coaching role as Arne Slot era begins
Liverpool have announced the appointment of Arne Slot and are looking for more coaches to join the Dutchman.
The Reds confirmed on Monday that the 45-year-old will become his new head coach and will succeed Jurgen Klopp from June 1.
Slot He will arrive at Liverpool after three seasons at Feyenoord, with whom he won the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.
New staff are expected to do the same as the post-Klopp era begins to get underway, with one position in particular yet to be filled.
Liverpool have advertised a first-team set-piece coach role on popular recruitment website. LinkedIn.
The Premier League giants are looking at candidates who hold a UEFA A License or equivalent to become their “tactical specialists” on set pieces.
Part of the job description includes analyzing opponents' tactics and delivering engaging, high-intensity sessions on your own strategies.
They will also have to collaborate with Slot to design Liverpool's training week and provide metrics to sporting director Richard Hughes in strategy meetings.
Liverpool are looking for candidates with a “proven track record” of success when it comes to set-piece design in elite football in a first-team environment.
“Substantial knowledge of the technical and tactical understanding of football” is also needed, as well as knowledge of the Premier League and the latest European trends.
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Working flexibly during the week is also a requirement amid games scheduled for evenings and weekends during the upcoming season.
Liverpool are not the only club to welcome a new set-piece coach this summer like Bernardo Cueva will join Chelsea from Brentford.
The role of set-piece coach has benefited other Premier League clubs, with Arsenal scoring 21 goals from set-pieces, more than any other club in the 2023/24 season thanks to the help of Nicolas Jover. Jover previously worked as a set-piece coach at Manchester City before moving to Arsenal when Mikel Arteta was appointed manager in December 2019.
But whoever is appointed at the Reds ahead of the new season will be part of an era that follows the huge success of Klopp's tenure.
Liverpool offered a emotional farewell against the German on Sunday in their 2-0 victory over Wolves at Anfield.
Klopp leaves the club having won every major trophy, including the Premier League and Champions League, since arriving in 2015.
Slot is now the man to take the club forward, and the 45-year-old is ready to begin one of the biggest jobs in world football.
