ARNE SLOT has a big job on his hands succeeding Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.
And one of his priorities will be to instil discipline in a squad full of high profile players such as Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
To do that Slot will have to implement a fines system which deters players from breaking the rules.
According to Cole Bassett, who played under the Dutchman at Feyenoord, Slot dishes out fines for the usual reasons – turning up late to training or to the team bus on matchday.
But instead of handing out tough sanctions, Slot seeks to use punishments as a positive for the squad.
One such example was to order a player to take the squad out for a team dinner in a bid to build harmony.
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Bassett revealed Slot’s secrets, telling The Mirror: “There’s a line with him [Slot], but he didn’t want to make too big a deal out of anything to the point where it affected the team or performances, and everybody started talking about it in the media.
“Sometimes players do things and coaches go out in the media and make a big deal with it, and then the focus isn’t on the team for the game.
“I think he did well when we did have issues to keep it internal. Everyone makes mistakes and then you move on with it.
“There was a time when we had an international break and the guys who didn’t get called into their national teams were able to go away for three or four days. One player didn’t come back on time for training on the Monday. Arne did well to sort it out.
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LIVERPOOL’S new manager Arne Slot was a good enough player to have a type of pass named after him.
But it is as a manager that the Feyenoord head coach is really making his mark.
Like another bald Dutchman, Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, Slot earned his stripes bossing smaller sides before being given a chance at one of the Netherlands’ big three.
But the question Liverpool are pondering is whether Slot would make a better fist of running one of the biggest clubs in the world than Ten Hag so far has at Old Trafford.
Slot, 45, was certainly easier on the eye as a player than centre back Ten Hag.
“The Arne Slot Ball” was something he perfected as a silky No 10 – a back-to-goal, first-time, 180-degree spin and flick behind the defensive line for a winger to run on to deep in the opposition half.
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“The player got fined and he had to take us out to a team dinner.”
That marks a change from Klopp, who allowed his squad to decide punishments using a mock court, where defendants would argue their case.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
