'Outstanding' Arne Slot turned 'shambles' Feyenoord into title winners, he can create a new belief at Spurs

What makes Slot so highly regarded? Arne Slot was already highly-regarded in the Netherlands for a long time. It was only a matter of time – and winning the league with Feyenoord – before the big leagues would notice. Slot wasn’t a great footballer himself, but as soon as he made the step to management, everybody who worked with him was impressed – even when he was ‘just’ an assistant.

Ad He was assistant at rather small clubs like PEC Zwolle (youth coach), SC Cambuur (assistant). He was an assistant at AZ before becoming head coach. Even then, there was some talk that he was de facto head coach.

Premier League‘We shout at each other and I love it’ – Guardiola plays down De Bruyne incident19/05/2023 AT 16:37 In his first year as manager at AZ, they almost won the league. Ajax were struggling, but then Covid intervened – and after Ajax won their last match pre-Covid, they were handed first place based on goal difference. They weren’t named champions but did qualify for the Champions League.

No one can say Slot didn’t do a good job at Feyenoord. He was outstanding. Don’t forget: Feyenoord were a shambles when he took over.

A real shambles, thanks to Jaap Stam and Dick Advocaat. Even their best player, Steven Berghuis, chose to flee to bitter rivals Ajax. There must have been amateur clubs at the time with better management.