Last Thursday Feyenoord won 1-3 against Go Ahead Eagles and there are now only three games left to play this season. So only three more games in which Arne Slot will be at the helm as head coach of the Rotterdam team. In Tour of the Eredivisie by Football International the most recent round of matches and the latest news in football are discussed. This also applies to the statement ‘Departure from Slot means Feyenoord will be in a position to move on’.
“That is not necessary and is also Slot’s merit,” responds Simon Zwartkruis. “He has of course done much more than just win trophies. He has turned the entire club upside down. Everyone enjoys the way he makes his team play football, but there is also a medical turnaround with the staff. During one of He already said in his first conversations with Frank Arnesen: the entire club needs to get to work. That was exactly what Arnesen wanted to hear and it is not something that suddenly disappears when the architect leaves.”
“The point is that Slot’s successor must continue in that line,” the journalist continues. It has been known for some time that Feyenoord is looking for a head coach with specific requirements. When Slot was in the interest of Tottenham Hotspur last summer, Dennis te Kloese could already look for a successor. “Slot has of course proven that it does not have to take long before you get a team playing football. I think Slot has also ensured that there is a budget,” says Marco Timmer.
Purchasing Policy
Timmer emphasizes that strong players will also leave and that a busier summer is therefore planned. “They will also lose Hancko and Geertruida and perhaps Gimenez, Wieffer and Timber if he plays a good European Championship. Then it is important that you open the drawer and select the first candidate who will continue in Slot’s line. I foresee a lot more problems with only Te Kloese at the helm. Things are very thin at Feyenoord after Slot’s departure.”
Timmer sees how things work at PSV with a head coach, technical director and general manager. Soon there will only be one director at Feyenoord who is responsible for two functions. Zwartkruis emphasizes that Slot’s role went very far. “Slot has also played an important role in the purchasing policy with his power of persuasion. When he calls you as a player, he comes up with a very clear story about what he wants and why. They also lose that. But the basis that he has put down, they will not simply be lost.”
