‘Five year deal’: Fabrizio Romano confirms pre-summer move with consequences for Liverpool

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·31 marzo 2026

‘Five year deal’: Fabrizio Romano confirms pre-summer move with consequences for Liverpool

Roberto De Zerbi has been taken off the table as a potential Arne Slot successor at Liverpool.

The Dutch head coach is facing increasing scrutiny at Anfield amid the club’s ongoing struggles on the pitch.

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The Reds have dropped points in all but four of their last 10 Premier League games, picking up 14 points from a possible 30.

Roberto De Zerbi takes Tottenham job

Fabrizio Romano confirmed reports on X (formerly Twitter) that Tottenham had agreed a five-year deal with De Zerbi to take over from departed boss Igor Tudor in north London.

🚨💣 BREAKING: Tottenham agree deal to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as new head coach, here we go! Story revealed yesterday now confirmed as De Zerbi has accepted #THFC job with IMMEDIATE effect. Five year deal set to be signed as De Zerbi decides to accept this challenge.
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The free agent joins Spurs having left Ligue 1 outfit Marseille by mutual consent back in February this year, following a 5-0 hammering by PSG and poor results in the Champions League.

While the Italian was never really considered an out-and-out favourite to potentially take the Liverpool job, it’s worth noting that some bookies had the manager on 33/1 odds to succeed Slot.

Liverpool have dodged a bullet with De Zerbi

There’s no question that Roberto De Zerbi is a talented coach, having witnessed his accomplishments with Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

* Roberto De Zerbi’s managerial record at Brighton across all competitions (Transfermarkt)

However, the idea of the abrasive 46-year-old taking over at L4 feels like it would have been a poor fit.

The fact that Julien Laurens has already suggested he’ll abandon Tottenham if things go wrong this season is arguably already clear evidence of that opinion.

“He’s not a Championship manager. There is no doubt in my mind, and I was told that again earlier, that there will be a clause for him to walk away,” the French football journalist told BBC Sport’s Monday Night Club.

“There’s a break clause obviously if they do go down from the club’s point of view, but he would not stay in the Championship if they were to go down.”

For a club that is effectively considered a “manager’s club” – Liverpool are diametrically opposed to the concept of a mercenary coach.

We respect De Zerbi massively, but we’re quietly glad that he’s Tottenham’s problem, and not ours.