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Lutsharel Geertruida dropped a significant hint that he could follow Feyenoord boss Arne Slot to Liverpool, after he was recommended to the club by their former player Dirk Kuyt.
Geertruida is a versatile 23-year-old, capable of playing at centre-back, full-back and in holding midfield.
He has already picked up seven caps for Netherlands and has racked up nearly 200 appearances for Feyenoord since joining their youth ranks in 2012.
Liverpool have agreed a compensation package with Feyenoord for Slot to move to Anfield and take over from Jurgen Klopp at the end of the season, sparking plenty of speculation that he will bring some players with him from the Eredivisie.
Geertruida has done little to quell that speculation as he posted a picture on his Snapchat from the stands at the London Stadium on Saturday, where Liverpool were taking on West Ham.
The Dutchman has just one year left on his contract with Feyenoord and has been valued at around £25m for a move this summer.
According to The Times, Slot is also planning to bring several members of his Feyenoord coaching staff to Anfield this summer, including his assistant, Sipke Hulshoff, and his head of performance, Ruben Peeters. Slot is also keen to bring his Feyenoord analyst, Etienne Reijnen.
Geertruida had already been linked with a move to Liverpool by former Reds and Feyenoord forward Kuyt, who rates him and teammate Orkun Kokcu very highly.
‘I am a Feyenoord man and they are doing very well at the moment,’ Kuyt told the Liverpool Echo earlier this month. ‘They have a very good manager in Arne Slot and some of the younger guys like Orkun Kokcu and Lutsharel Geertruida are knocking on the door and playing very well.
‘It won’t take long for the interest of top European teams to be there for them. I hope Liverpool is interested in Feyenoord players, and I am an example it can work.
‘When I was working as under-19s coach, Kokcu and Geertruida were in my team at the time. You know who the talented players are and you can see they are going to have big futures.
‘[Cody] Gakpo was a great talent and everyone knew from watching him at youth level that he would one day play for a club like Liverpool.’
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