What I learned from meeting Arne Slot – charismatic and innovative, but a big bet by Liverpool

The Athletic went to Rotterdam to meet the man who is expected to become Jurgen Klopp's replacement - and like Liverpool, was impressed

When, as expected, Arne Slot arrives at Liverpool ’s training centre this summer, he will find at least one amenity perfectly to his taste. Slot is among the growing cast of top-level individuals in football hooked on padel, the high-paced racket sport that lands somewhere between tennis and squash.

Under Liverpool’s sporting-director model, albeit with Edwards sitting at the top, the club want the person who’ll be their head coach, not manager, next season to co-exist within this framework, and at Feyenoord, Slot has demonstrated a willingness to do that. Advertisement The most successful clubs these days have departments across the board who communicate and support one another, rather than operating as separate siloed operations.

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