Arne Slot could become the best Dutch manager of all time after his flying start to life with Liverpool.
That’s according to Sjoerd Mossou, via Soccer News, who believes anyone who doubted the Liverpool manager was just ‘jealous’.
Slot has been enjoying life at Anfield since arriving at Jurgen Klopp’s replacement in the summer, with a 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen keeping the momentum going.
Liverpool sit top of the Premier League table with just one defeat to their name while they’re also top of the Champions League table after a flawless start to that campaign.
It’s been a surprisingly good transition to life under the Dutch coach, who arrived from the Netherlands with a big reputation after his time at Feyenoord.
Some had predicted he may struggle on Merseyside, though, given he was replacing an iconic manager in the dugout.
Mossou is certainly pleased and thinks the Liverpool manager is on course to be the best Dutch coach ever.
“It was Slot as we have known him in the Netherlands for years, but now in fluent English,” he said.
“Eloquent, crystal clear in terms of content, charming, smoothly switching between wink and analysis. Arne Slot was no longer an unknown name from a song here, but rather a kind of king of England.
“Laughing and cooing, the CBS quartet (presenter Kate Abdo and analysts Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry and Micah Richards, ed.) ate from his hand. They talked about the Liverpool coach in a huff.
“On Wednesday evening, Slot showed all corners of Anfield to Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso, a man who many Liverpool fans saw as a dream successor in May. Anyone who still makes comments about trainer Slot, about the brilliant coach that he is, is mainly driven by envy and jealousy. It is still far too early to call Arne Slot the best Dutch trainer of all time. But it must be strange if he doesn’t.”
