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Liverpool are continuing to explore the possibility of strengthening their coaching staff, with reports suggesting Etienne Reijnen could soon be in line for a role in English football<\/a>.<\/p>\n When Arne Slot arrived from Feyenoord, he brought his assistants, including Sipke Hulshoff and Ruben Peeters as part of his backroom team. Reijnen was also expected to join as a set-piece specialist, but his move collapsed due to work permit issues.<\/p>\n Reports in the Netherlands now claim Slot still wants to bring Reijnen to Anfield once he completes further coaching qualifications, with a potential move expected to progress quickly once that process is finished.<\/p>\n The situation is being interpreted as another sign of continuity under Slot, despite outside speculation linking Liverpool with other high-profile names such as Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n According to the Liverpool Echo,<\/a> Etienne Reijnen could become an option for Liverpool as part of Arne Slot\u2019s backroom staff.<\/p>\n The report claims that \u201cReijnen could become an option with Slot continuing to evolve a coaching staff that has already seen a number of changes since his initial appointment as head coach in the summer of 2024. Reijnen is well known to the Liverpool boss having worked with him at Feyenoord.\u201d<\/p>\n Etienne Reijnen\u00a0played with Liverpool boss Arne Slot at PEC Zwolle before later joining his coaching staff at Feyenoord in late 2023.<\/p>\n Reijnen\u2019s role focused on analysis and technical support for Slot, but after Slot\u2019s move to Liverpool, the former centre-back remained at Feyenoord under manager Robin van Persie.<\/p>\n Now operating mainly as a set-piece specialist, Feyenoord have scored 11 goals from set-pieces this season while conceding just four.<\/p>\n By contrast, Liverpool have scored 15 set-piece goals but conceded 16 across the 2025\/26 campaign, highlighting a key area of focus for Slot\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n There has been growing speculation over the composition of Liverpool\u2019s backroom staff. Assistant coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been linked with a possible return to Feyenoord<\/a>, though not in a head coach role.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, John Heitinga \u2013 who previously replaced van Bronckhorst \u2013 has been mentioned as a potential return option after being out of work since leaving Tottenham Hotspur <\/a>following a short spell at Ajax.<\/a><\/p>\n The former Netherlands defender made more than 200 appearances for Ajax before going on to work as their reserve team boss and interim head coach. The 42-year-old later rejoined Ajax on a two-year contract, working alongside fellow academy graduate Marcel Keizer as assistant.<\/p>\n During his first spell in charge, Ajax won 14 of his 22 matches at the end of the 2022-23 season, finishing third in the Eredivisie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image Credits: Imago Images Liverpool are continuing to explore the possibility of strengthening their coaching staff, with reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6541,193,2470,41],"class_list":{"0":"post-7628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rotterdam","8":"tag-etienne-reijnen","9":"tag-feyenoord","10":"tag-robin-van-persie","11":"tag-rotterdam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}