Who İs Arne Slot? Arne Slot Became Liverpool Manager

The 45-year-old Dutchman recently revealed his desire to move to Anfield this summer, with Liverpool and Feyenoord reportedly reaching a compensation deal worth nearly $12 million to release Slot and the rest of his coaching staff from their current contracts.

Who is Arne Slot?

Slot spent his entire playing career in the Netherlands and began coaching with Cambuur as an interim boss in 2016 before leading AZ Alkmaar and stepping into his current gig.

His sides, like Klopp’s, are known for being aggressive. He favors a back-four with an active midfield and hard press that bids to win the ball well up the field. Sound familiar?

Slot was named the top manager in the Eredivise for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, leading Feyenoord to the Europa Conference League Final in 2021-22, the Eredivisie crown in 2022-23, and the KNVB Cup this season.

Feyenoord have succeeded even with star turnover, as Slot has had to navigate sales of stars Luis Sinisterra (Leeds), Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United), and Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) among others.

Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑrnə ˈslɔt]; born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Eredivisie club Feyenoord. He will join Premier League club Liverpool on 1 June 2024.

Slot played as a midfielder for FC Zwolle, where he won the Eerste Divisie in 2002, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam before retiring as a player back at PEC Zwolle, where he won another Eerste Divisie title in 2012. He started his managerial career in the academy of PEC Zwolle and as an assistant at Cambuur before taking over as co-head coach at the latter. In 2017, he became an assistant at AZ, where he was appointed head coach in 2019. Slot became head coach of Feyenoord in 2021. He led the club to the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final in his first season and won the club the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup in subsequent seasons.