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Liverpool’s coaching overhaul is complete. Giovanni van Bronckhorst, the former Netherlands international who joined the club as assistant coach in July 2025, is leaving Anfield alongside manager Arne Slot and fellow assistant Sipke Hulshoff.
The departures follow Slot’s dismissal on May 30, 2026, after an end-of-season review brought a swift conclusion to a tenure that, on paper at least, included a Premier League title. Van Bronckhorst’s time at the club lasted less than a single year.
From title winners to unemployed in 11 months
Slot arrived at Liverpool ahead of the 2024-25 season and delivered a Premier League championship. The decision to bring in Van Bronckhorst as part of his backroom staff came shortly after, with the appointment confirmed on July 2, 2025.
Van Bronckhorst’s CV made him a credible addition. His managerial career spanned four countries and included stints at Feyenoord, Rangers, Guangzhou R&F, and Besiktas. At Rangers, he guided the club to the Europa League final in 2022. At Feyenoord, he won the Eredivisie title.
The club confirmed that both Van Bronckhorst and Hulshoff would depart alongside Slot, making this a clean sweep of the Dutch coaching setup that had been assembled at Anfield.
Slot’s compensation for the termination of his contract is reported to be around £7 million, covering the remaining year on his deal.
Van Bronckhorst’s winding coaching road
Van Bronckhorst’s playing career included 106 caps for the Netherlands. He featured at the highest level for Barcelona, Arsenal, and Feyenoord during a career that peaked with a long-range goal against Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup.
Taking over at Feyenoord in 2015, he won the Dutch title in his second full season, the club’s first league championship in 18 years. Rangers came next, and while the Europa League run to the final in Seville generated enormous excitement, the Scottish club ultimately lost to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties. Van Bronckhorst left Glasgow at the end of that season. Moves to Guangzhou R&F in China and Besiktas in Turkey followed, neither lasting particularly long.
What this means for Liverpool and Van Bronckhorst’s future
Liverpool now faces the task of appointing a new manager and an entirely new coaching staff. The decision to remove Slot’s entire backroom team rather than retaining elements of it suggests the club wants a complete reset.
Rumors had previously circulated about a possible return to Feyenoord for Van Bronckhorst, the club where he made his name as both a player and a manager. Whether those links were ever substantive is unclear, and the circumstances of his Liverpool departure may shift the calculus for any interested parties.
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