The Dutchman has transformed Feyenoord into a sublime team since he was appointed manager in 2021 and looks set to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool this summer.
The Reds had made the Dutchman their top target to replace Klopp, who will depart at the end of the season.
talkSPORT understands the Reds have now reached an agreement with Feyenoord for Slot to arrive at Anfield, along with members of his backroom staff.
The 45-year-old has even got the early seal of approval from Klopp to sit in the hot seat at Anfield next year.
This is because before Spurs went for Ange Postecoglou in 2023 they tried to bring Slot to north London.
Interestingly, the Dutchman was relatively low down on the list of targets after Vincent Kompany, Roberto De Zerbi and Julian Nagelsmann all ruled themselves out.
But despite Spurs coming close to agreeing a compensation package, Slot rejected the chance to take the Spurs job.
And speaking about why he turned Tottenham down, the Feyenoord boss revealed that the key factor was the Champions League or lack of it.
Talking after the deal fell through, he said: “The decisive factor was playing the Champions League.
“The fantastic work with the staff and the players, the fact that I’m having a great time privately and being able to build on the past two seasons.
“I didn’t know what would happen [with Tottenham]. I weighed everything up, including whether the people who work with me would want to come with me.
“You can think of it, but I don’t think it’s chic to say! But my intention is to stay because that already raises an expectation.”
However, with Liverpool now almost certain to be playing with Europe’s elite next season, the Champions League wasn’t an issue for Slot.
Looking at his track record, you can see why Liverpool are so impressed by the Dutchman.
Slot enjoyed a relatively quiet career as a player, spending the majority of his time with FC Zwolle before retiring in 2013.
He immediately became a youth coach at Zwolle before joining SC Cambuur as assistant manager, where he remained until moving to AZ Alkmaar.
Slot was the club’s assistant for two years but became the first-team boss in the summer of 2019.
His Alkmaar team were prolific, scoring 118 goals in 58 matches, while he helped the club qualify for the Europa League.
He also boasted the highest win ratio in the club’s history, but he was sacked surprisingly in 2020 due to Alkmaar’s belief he’d lost focus on the job amid links with Feyenoord.
Of course, he ended up at Feyenoord less than a year later, and the rest is history.
They won the Eredivisie last season and won the KNVB Cup this year to hand Slot his first pieces of silverware.
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