Liverpool head coach Arne Slot speaking to Sky Sports
Arne Slot says he was happy with the way things worked out after he had been on Tottenham's shortlist for a new manager in 2023
Arne Slot has revealed he was happy that a possible move to Tottenham did not come off... but now wants Ange Postecoglou to win a trophy with Spurs.
The Liverpool manager takes his team to north London on Sunday, less than two years after being heavily tipped as a permanent successor to Antonio Conte.
At the end of the 2022/23 season, Slot was believed to be Daniel Levy’s number one target but decided to remain in Holland. There were conflicting rumours about the reasons for the move not happening, with suggestions from Dutch sources being that Slot turned down a Levy offer while the Spurs camp was adamant no formal approach had been made.
“The problem is that the ones who know do not want to talk about it, and the ones who don’t know do want to talk about it,” smiled Slot. “That sometimes happens in football. I’ve always preferred not to say anything about it. It might be true, it might not be true. I’ll leave it with what I said back then. I was really happy that I stayed at Feyenoord. That I can say.”
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A year later, of course, Slot was moving to Anfield, but he clearly believes Spurs did finally get their perfect coach when they settled on Postecoglou. And the Anfield boss thinks Postecoglou’s approach is doing English football a power of good and would love to see the Spurs man win some silverware.
Slot explained: “If a manager plays such an attacking brand of football, please support him, because this is what we want. Only one team can win the league and only one team can win the FA Cup, but the others have to play football as well and just be happy that we have managers like him that want to play this brand of football.
“That is why I even hope he wins something. Because when he starts to win something, people will start to get positive and then other managers will try to do the same. I always hope that the ones who play the most attacking football win trophies as well.”
Ange Postecoglou during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United
Ange Postecoglou went through the highs and lows during Tottenham's Carabao Cup win over Manchester United but Arne Slot believes Spurs deserved to go through
After Sunday's Premier League contest, Slot will take on Postecoglou in a two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final in January and early February. And the Dutchman says it was good for the game that Spurs beat Manchester United in Thursday night’s last-eight thriller.
Slot went on: “What I saw was a very attacking team from Tottenham and I saw in the line-up of United one and a half attacking players. So, that is why it was a good thing for Tottenham that they won the game. I think it is a privilege to be a season ticket holder at Tottenham. I don’t think there are many season ticket holders in the country who can say they watch so many great games.”
While Slot is full of praise for them, Postecoglou’s Spurs are 13 points behind Liverpool in the Premier League table, having played an extra game. But if Chelsea beat Everton in one of Sunday’s early kick-offs, Liverpool will start their match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in second place.
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