Sunday’s Premier League clash between Manchester United and Liverpool has sparked interest and opinion on the two managers across the Netherlands
and Liverpool clash it grabs international attention but across the Netherlands on Sunday interest will be higher than normal. In one dugout at Old Trafford: Erik ten Hag. In the other: Arne Slot. There is an undisguised pride in their home country that two of the world’s biggest clubs have put their fate in the hands of Dutch managers.
Ten Hag is not getting the consistency or quality he achieved at Ajax, Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles. “If you see what he is allowed to invest, it is just very bad,” the former Tottenham player turned pundit Rafael van der Vaart said last season. And Slot is that flashy, undamaged car. He made Cambuur, AZ and Feyenoord perform much better, but also – and this is very important to Dutch football lovers – played attractive, energetic football.
Slot, whose father was a teacher and who is married to a teacher, is quite clever with words and anxious not to step on toes. He will more subtly point out his achievements, dropping in for example that Feyenoord were not able to get experienced players in the way Ajax and PSV were. Ramon Leeuwin, who played under Ten Hag at Utrecht and Slot at AZ, says: “I’m very enthusiastic about both of them as coaches and people, and I don’t know any player who isn’t. Arne comes across very charming from the very first moment. He wins everyone over in a natural way: the media, the staff, the players. He is just very clear, good and quick-witted.
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