A romantic return to Liverpool for cult hero Dirk Kuyt has been ruled out by his agent, although the previous Reds forward would love to return to Anfield.
The 44-year-old joined the Reds from Feyenoord in 2006 and would go on to spend six seasons as an everyday in the primary team.
The forward made 285 appearances in all competitions, netting 71 times, with 51 of those goals coming within the Premier League.
Kuyt played with some legendary Liverpool figures, nevertheless it was not an era laden with silverware and the Dutchman left in 2012 with only one League Cup to his name.
He has now moved into management, briefly taking charge of Dutch side ADO Den Haag in 2022 and having been the boss of Belgian outfit Beerschot since 2023.
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After the departure of Liverpool assistant John Heitinga for Ajax this summer, Kuyt had been linked with a return to Anfield as Arne Slot’s recent assistant.
Nonetheless, his agent, Rob Jansen, has dismissed that prospect, although he does feel that Kuyt would love the chance if it did arise.
‘No, it’ll be a special assistant coach. That may have been great for him,’ Jansen told podcast KieftJansenEgmondGijp, via Voetbal Primeur.
‘The assistant of Liverpool will likely be another person. It might have been great for Dirk.
‘He would have loved to go to Liverpool. Assistant there may be in fact a serious level.’
Kuyt took Beerschot into the Belgian top flight in his first season in charge but things didn’t go well in essentially the most recent campaign and relegation followed.
Reports within the Belgian media suggest Kuyt is prone to lose his job after a return to the Challenger Pro League.
Kuyt said earlier this 12 months that Slot has already offered him the prospect to be his assistant prior to now.
Talking to That Peter Crouch Podcast, he said of Slot: ‘I do know him thoroughly. I had the chance after I retired from football to develop into his assistant at AZ.
‘I didn’t decide to develop into his assistant which I regret in fact now! But when he was at Feyenoord he gave me the chance to work per week alongside him to see how he’s training and preparing for a game, in order that was really interesting and naturally I follow him very closely.’
Slot will name a brand new assistant this summer, but who it’ll be is yet to develop into clear.
The Liverpool Echo has touted the probabilities of Marino Pusic, who was Slot’s assistant in previous roles at AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord.
The Bosnian left his role as manager of Shakhtar Donetsk in May, so is offered.
Current Feyenoord assistant Etienne Reijnen has also been noted as a possibility as he was linked last 12 months but couldn’t move to Liverpool as a result of problems together with his work permit.
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