According to Fabrizio Romano, Ruben Amorim was never the chosen one to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool before they opted for Arne Slot.
Klopp announced in January that this season would be his last as Liverpool s manager. Their board were aware of his decision a couple of months before this so they had plenty of time to search for his successor.
Xabi Alonso was initially the overwhelming favourite to replace Klopp but he has opted to stick with Bayer Leverkusen for one more season.
Amorim subsequently emerged as a standout candidate but
Slot has done a superb job with Feyenoord. They won the Eredivisie title last season and they have lifted the KNVB Cup this term.
Last week, Romano revealed that Liverpool are appointing Slot becaus
Amorim was never the chosen one
Romano provided a further update on Tuesday morning and explained why it s Slot over Amorim .
With Slot, the latest is that Liverpool and Feyenoord have signed all documents for the Dutch manager’s imminent move to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, Romano revealed in his Daily Briefing column.
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It will still take some time for the official club statement, planned between clubs for this week, but the deal is all done and sealed.
At one point, it looked like Ruben Amorim was the frontrunner for the Liverpool job, but it was never a done deal, never something agreed. Liverpool spoke to Amorim’s camp, they had contact as Liverpool were informed of release clauses and details of his contract at Sporting, but he was just one of the candidates, never a done deal, never a verbal agreement, never the chosen one. It was a conversation and there was interest, that’s it.
Still, Amorim would love to work in the Premier League. He’s still hoping for that solution, I’m told. Amorim will decide his future in the next weeks but he’s surely hoping for a job in the Premier League, despite Liverpool and West Ham talks collapsing.
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