Liverpool boss Arne Slot will shake up his coaching staff ahead of the 2025/26 season.
The Dutch boss sealed a superb end to his first campaign at Anfield as the Reds stormed over the line as Premier League champions.
However, there will be changes on Merseyside this summer, with defender Trent Alexander-Arnold already moving on to Real Madrid.
Netherlands international Jeremie Frimpong has come in as Trent's immediate replacement, but there is an incoming Dutch departure, as Slot's assistant boss Jonny Heitinga prepares to leave.
Ajax's collapse in the Dutch Eredivisie title race saw head coach Francesco Farioli step down and Heitinga will now take charge in Amsterdam.
Heitinga returns to Ajax, after previously managing the club's youth team from 2021 to 2023, and leading the first team as interim boss from January 2023 to the end of the 2022/23 campaign.
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The 41-year-old will now take on his first permanent senior role with immediate effect and Slot needs to bring in a new assistant boss.
Slot confirmed he would not stand in Heitinga's way, and with a move back to Ajax complete, a replacement shortlist has been drawn up at Anfield.
Marino Pusic was Slot's No.2 at AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord - and he's available after leaving his role as Shakhtar Donetsk boss - after winning a domestic double in 2023/24 and the Ukrainian Cup this season.
Etienne Reijnen, the current Feyenoord assistant, was initially tipped to join Slot last summer but the move was blocked by work permit issues.
However, reports from the Liverpool Echo claim Slot could bring a cult icon back to Anfield, with former Reds striker Dirk Kuyt being considered for a comeback.
Kuyt is set to leave his role as manager of Belgian side Beerschot, following their top-flight relegation, after leading the club to promotion in 2023/24.
The 44-year-old scored 71 goals in 285 club appearances at Liverpool, from 2006 to 2012, playing under three different managers in Rafael Benitez, Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish.