Liverpool confirm latest addition to Arne Slot's backroom staff as new appointment made | OneFootball

Premier League champions further bolster coaching structure at Anfield with new hire

Liverpool have confirmed Luiz Fernando Iubel as the latest addition to their backroom staff under Arne Slot.

“The role will involve him working closely with Academy coaches to provide a joined-up pathway from the Kirkby set-up to loans and then into the senior team.

“That will also see him connect with the loan support team and other clubs, maintaining direct contact with players developing away from the Reds.”

Iubel had most recently been serving as an assistant coach at Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, having previously worked at all of Cuiaba, Juventude, Coritiba, Ponte Preta, Vasco da Gama, Ceara and Bahia in his homeland, in addition to serving as Germany’s tactical analyst during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

His notable experience includes winning the 2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense - the state football league in Brazil’s Mato Grosso - in interim charge of Cuiaba.

Iubel will work with former Wales manager Rob Page, who was appointed as Liverpool’s new Under-21 head coach back in June to succeed the long-serving Barry Lewtas.

In a summer of change at youth level, the club’s U18s also have a new boss in Simon Wiles, who spent time in Manchester United’s academy before replacing Marc Bridge-Wilkinson last month.

Overseeing the entire academy operation at Liverpool is director Alex Inglethorpe, the former Watford and Leyton Orient forward who joined the club from Tottenham back in 2012.