Arne Slot may not have been a household name as a player, but his skills were enough to earn him over 200 appearances.
the Netherlands Eredivisie for the likes of PEC Zwolle, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.
However, at the beginning of his career with PEC Zwolle, Schlott struggled to get on the pitch, as the coach at the time considered him too lazy and slow, despite his excellent technique, and a major heart-to-heart was call.
Lazy, slow, but genius
Arne Slot started out as a youth player at local club VV Bergentheim as an attacking midfielder before catching the eye of Dutch Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle, who eventually signed him.
After developing his skills with the สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น youth team, Schlott made the step up to the senior team in 1996. However, his style of play, which focused on the ball moving, did not please the coach at the time, Jan Evers, even though his every touch made a huge difference to the team.
“As brilliant as he is, I’ll be honest with him. I said, ‘Schlot, you’re one of my best players. But the problem is that your opponents are also the best players.'”
“You can play for Zwolle if you are the best player and feel that your opponents are inferior. But right now I don’t feel that way. You have to do something about your fitness. You are too relaxed and lazy.”
“Then he started training hard, and at first we didn’t have a good relationship. He didn’t play. He was angry with me, but he was smart enough to understand why.”
“I’m sure I changed Arne Slot mindset about how to behave as a professional footballer, he’s more patient. I saw him training and I said to the assistant, ‘Wait two or three months and this young man will be the player we want.’