Former Rangers supervisor Giovanni van Bronckhorst has joined Liverpool as assistant to Arne Slot.
Van Bronckhorst will change John Heitinga within the Anfield dug-out after the previous Everton defender was appointed Ajax boss.
Liverpool FC can verify quite a few new appointments inside Arne Slot’s teaching employees forward of 2025-26 🙌
Welcome, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Xavi Valero 👋🔴
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 2, 2025
Xavi Valero has additionally returned to Liverpool from West Ham to grow to be goalkeeping coach following the departures of Fabian Otte and Claudio Taffarel.
Valero was a daily a part of Rafa Benitez’s backroom employees and adopted the Spaniard to Merseyside in 2007 earlier than working underneath him at Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli and Real Madrid.
He joined West Ham in 2018 however will now head up the goalkeeping division for the Premier League champions.
Experienced Van Bronckhorst to work alongside Slot
Van Bronckhorst is one other skilled campaigner that may supply recommendation to Slot.
The former Barcelona midfielder received 106 caps for the Netherlands earlier than embarking on a managerial profession that noticed him take over at Feyenoord in 2015.
After a brief spell at Guangzhou R&F, he returned to Europe and was named Rangers boss, succeeding Steven Gerrard.
He led the Glasgow giants to the Scottish Cup crown and, extra impressively, the Europa League closing in 2022 the place they misplaced to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties.
He was dismissed through the 2022 World Cup break and remained out of the sport till June 2024 when he was appointed by Besiktas. He lasted simply 5 months in Istanbul earlier than being dismissed after a Europa League defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
