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The fact that Arne Slot will be the new trainer of Feyenoord was finally officially announced yesterday. The appointment of Slot is therefore no longer a surprise, but how the Rotterdammers ended up with the trainer all the more, says Feyenoord watcher Mikos Gouka. “We have now been able to get used to it. It is an innovative choice for Feyenoord.”
“It is not really a trainer that you initially link to Feyenoord. It is someone who has not played in the top and is certainly not known at Feyenoord, but has played good football with AZ. It is an interesting choice, or it is a good choice, we will judge afterwards. “, said Gouka in front of the camera Algemeen Dagblad. “It is striking that he signs a contract for two years, with an option for a third year. I actually thought he would sign for a longer period, because he probably needs time. And Feyenoord too. You don’t see that. there is a long-term vision attached to it, although you can always extend it. “
“Feyenoord is of course always a bigger club than AZ, but I do not have the idea that there is so much more possible at Feyenoord than at AZ. At Feyenoord there must also be invested and that is not possible. but we have heard those stories for years and it never became concrete. So I was surprised that he was open to Feyenoord. His salary will go up. If you perform at Feyenoord you can really take a bigger step afterwards, that has more impact than if you performed well at AZ. “
The promise to Dirk Kuyt to become a trainer in De Kuip is suddenly far away. “That has been postponed. That commitment will now be postponed for two years, and with that option for three years. Then you can ask yourself whether that is still a healthy situation: making a promise to someone two years ago and that it will be it takes five years before he is ready. I think it will be the end of Dirk Kuyt at Feyenoord for the time being. He normally does not sit on the staff as an assistant, so he will choose a different path. It is actually quite painful for someone who was taken on the shoulders in 2017, was actually mayor of Rotterdam, and a few years later, after a strange promise, will disappear through the back door. “
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