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Arne Slot ‘Knew How To Talk You Round’ – Star Hails Management Skills

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Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Former Feyenoord midfielder Thomas van den Belt has revealed how Liverpool manager Arne Slot impacted players at De Kuip and was able to talk them round easily if they went to him unhappy. At Feyenoord between March 2023 and May 2024, Van den Belt came in contact with the current Liverpool boss, Slot.



He played eleven games under the 47-year-old before Slot’s departure for Liverpool. “After speaking to Arne, you’d think: ‘He’s right, I really shouldn’t be playing at all.’ Club managed Cambuur AZ Alkmaar Feyenoord Liverpool Clubs Arne Slot has managed “He always knew how to talk you round and motivate you.” Van den Belt admits he was astonished at how good Slot was at reading the way games would develop and conceded that the manager could tell the team what would happen throughout the 90 minutes of a match.

What he had predicted happened.” Slot’s first season in England turned out to be a perfect one as his Liverpool side dominated proceedings to win the Premier League title, but they have struggled this season. Slot will need all the man-management skills Van den Belt credits him with in order to turn things around at Anfield.