A former Liverpool star has slammed the club's impending appointment of Arne Slot.
Feyenoord boss Slot appears to be the frontrunner to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield when the German departs at the end of the season.
The likes of Ruben Amorim and Roberto De Zerbi had been linked, while Xabi Alonso was believed to be a leading candidate before he committed himself to Bayer Leverkusen.
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And now Slot is in the frame, with recent reports claiming a deal could be done over the weekend after the Dutchman expressed his desire to make the move.
Slot has won both the Eredivisie and KNVB cup with Feyenoord in his native Netherlands and places an emphasis of integrating young players.
However, the appointment has not been met with much excitement from Liverpool supporters.
And that lack of enthusiasm is shared by former player Steve Nicol, who played over 400 times for Liverpool.
The Scotsman is far from impressed by Slot's CV ahead of him taking the job.
“Is that the resume of somebody to lead a club the size of Liverpool back to the Premier League title and the Champions League? I mean I can't honestly say that,” Nicol said, discussing Slot on ESPN.
“All the other boxes have been ticked, the way they play the game, the way he goes about it, he's going to be able to coach.
“But is it really a resume to take over one of the biggest clubs in the land? I'm not sure it is, but what are the alternatives?”
"This one's difficult, don't you think, because, number one, there's not a Klopp out there.
“So now you're going to have to dig into whatever to try and figure out who the right man is and it seems like Arne Slot’s the guy that they've decided on for all of those reasons.”
A compensation fee for Slot still needs to be agreed, with Feyenoord wanting at least £8.6 million according to the Daily Mail.
Slot wants to bring members of his backroom staff but that would result in the sum climbing to around £13 million
Topics: Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, Arne Slot
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