Feyenoord goalkeeper coach Jyri Nieminen has played down the likelihood of him joining Arne Slott at Liverpool this summer.
The Reds are on the hunt for a new goalkeeping coach after John Achterberg and Jack Robinson joined Jurgen Klopp in leaving at the end of last season.
And, as previously reported by This Is Anfield, Nieminen was under consideration to join Claudio Taffarello in coaching the club’s goalkeepers next term.
However, the 36-year-old has now seemingly dismissed the possibility, insisting he is more likely to stay at current club Feyenoord.
Speaking to Finnish magazine Apu, he said: “Everything about Liverpool was going on, and of course I was thinking about it.
“With great probability, I will continue with Feyenoord next season as well. The situation will change if it changes.”
With the arrival of Nieminen now looking unlikely, big questions remain over the makeup of Slott’s staff for next season.
The Dutchman is understood to be bringing assistant Sipke Hulshoff with him, while Ruben Peeters will be the club’s new first-team physical performance coach.
However, reports in the Netherlands suggest that another member of Slott’s team, coach and analyst Etienne Reijnen, is struggling to obtain a work permit.
The Reds are running out of time to put their backroom staff in place before the preseason begins in early July.
Appointments are already scheduled
Of course, we know Slott will become the new head coach, but Liverpool have also hired a first-team physical performance coach.
Peeters is the man to take on the role, and this has been confirmed by his agency. His job appears to overlap between the roles held by Andreas Kornmayer and Andreas Schlumberger before their departure this summer.
Kornmayer was head of fitness and conditioning, while Schlumberger’s role was head of recovery and performance.
The Reds need to make further changes at the back this summer and have announced a number of vacancies at the AXA training centre.
This includes a first team physiotherapist as well as a physical performance coach focused on strength and conditioning.
