Tottenham Hotspur are still on the lookout for their next manager, with Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot firmly in pole position as the club’s preference after a standout season in Rotterdam.
Despite relishing the challenge of managing in the Champions League, 44-year-old Slot – who led Feyenoord to the title last week – is willing to put that dream on hold to test himself in the Premier League and is keen to become Antonio Conte’s permanent successor. He would cost Spurs something to the tune of £6million in compensation which would be viewed as a price definitely worth forking out for by Tottenham’s top brass as they consider him a better fit than other candidates like former Barcelona and Spain head coach Luis Enrique and Sporting Lisbon’s widely-heralded Ruben Amorim.
Speaking ahead of the newly-crowned Eredivisie champions’ game this weekend against FC Emmen, Slot said: “I’m under a huge magnifying glass in everything I say about this subject.
“So I choose to say as little as possible again … when it comes to new clubs there’s a huge scale in every word I use, so I try not to talk about it until I can say something about it.”
He did however add: “The next step will not be another club in Holland, if that is the next step and if I fail completely in the upcoming few years.
“The normal next step would be to go abroad and I’ve always said the best league in the world is the Premier League but when it comes to Italy you can see there are a few clubs playing in European finals now. There are more countries where it is interesting to go to in the future, but the Premier League is the biggest league in the world, that is clear.”