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A Premier League title-winner is returning to Liverpool as the team struggles this season. Unlike their championship-winning form in 2024/25, they are now aiming for a Champions League qualification.
Premier League title-winner is coming back to Liverpool
We’ve seen a very different Liverpool this season to the one that won the 2024/25 Premier League title.
Rather than competing to retain their crown the defending champions will be happy just to qualify for the Champions League.
There are many reasons why the situation might be so different for Arne Slot and his players this term.
Last summer £450m was spent by sporting director Richard Hughes on new signings - including British record deals for Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz.
Many of the new faces have taken their time to settle and there have been profound injury troubles for some of them too.
Giovanni Leoni, Jeremie Frimpong, Isak and Ekitike have all been struck down in their first season in Reds - leaving their adaptation process up in the air.
The Reds also lost some key performers - not least Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez. Even useful squad performers like Jarell Quansah and Caoimhin Kelleher were allowed to leave.
Slot has been searching in vain for the magic formula to little avail.
But if a report in the Telegraph is to be believed then one key element of Liverpool’s title win could be soon re-entering the orbit.
John Heitinga was Slot’s assistant during the Dutchman’s first season in charge having previously worked under David Moyes at West Ham.
The ex-Everton defender took the opportunity to strike out on his own as Ajax head coach - but that experiment lasted only 15 matches before he was sacked.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst - a fellow Netherlands’ 2010 FIFA World Cup finalist - came to the Liverpool bench in his place.
But the ex-left-back is now being beckoned home by Feyenoord for a backroom role - meaning change is coming to Liverpool’s technical team again.
The article does not specify the name of the Premier League title-winner returning to Liverpool.
Liverpool is currently focused on qualifying for the Champions League rather than defending their title, indicating a significant drop in performance.
The article suggests there are many reasons for Liverpool's struggles this season, but does not detail them.
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