Arne Slot does not think it is right that an image is painted of him that he is out to change clubs quickly. The coach worked his way up in a short time via SC Cambuur and AZ to Feyenoord, where he is currently working on his first season. The fact that it did not come to a long-term collaboration at AZ does not detract from Slot’s intentions, he stated during the press conference on Friday.
NOSreporter Joep Schreuder stated during the press conference that interest in Slot is increasing. “Can you guarantee the Feyenoord supporters that you will still be a trainer here next year?” asked Schreuder. “I can give all clichéd answers to that: for example that my contract will continue for another year. If you have followed my career a bit… It is actually very strange: what is said and written about it does not correspond to reality at all. said Slot.
“I worked at Cambuur for three years and I planned to work at AZ for four years, during which I stated several times that I would have loved to continue for longer,” said Slot. “That just didn’t happen for several reasons and then I eventually went to Feyenoord. Then people got a kind of feeling that I want to continue very quickly every time. But three years at Cambuur and four at AZ, with the intention to to stay even longer, that gives a completely different picture than what is sometimes painted about me.”
According to Slot, his contract extension is not yet on the agenda. “I notice that it is an item in the media, but internally that is not the case at the moment,” he responded. “We have not talked about it. The moment they knock on my door, I will start thinking about it. Not yet, all the more because I have enough to think about, after the game against RKC and the defeat of our substitutions against Anderlecht (5-1 loss, red).”