Arne Slot was all smiles again at the weekend after another win - this time against PEC Zwolle, the club with which he started and ended his playing career.
Slot is used to winning. In fact, he's never lost two league games in a row at Feyenoord. The team remain on course to secure more Eredivisie points this season than they did in their title-winning season 12 months ago.
Now he's going to swap Rotterdam for Liverpool. Swap the Nieuwe Mass for the Mersey. Swap one football-crazy river city for another.
The deal isn't official yet - but it's done.
Near the docks in Rotterdam, just down the road from De Kuip - Feyenoord's stadium - is a posh part of the city with an apt name. 'KOP Van Zuid' has apartments used by Feyenoord players and staff.
But Arne Slot prefers a quieter life whenever he gets a break from his daily football routine.
He moved to Zwolle, around a 90-minute drive from Rotterdam, when he played there. It remains his home city. For now.
It's a beautiful place, packed with ornate architecture. Sassenpoort - the old city gate - has a cannon guarding it. Just like the one on the Arsenal badge. It's a regular reminder for Slot, whose house is a few yards away, of the challenges ahead.
But Arsenal, Manchester City et al are a world away from where it all started.
"Go to Bergentheim, my hometown," Arne Slot urged me after his news conference last Thursday. "It's a good place."
So I did. I was warmly welcomed by Jan Ophof, who is still involved at VV Bergentheim, Slot's first club.
Young Arne was special even then, says Ophof, who was his first coach. At nine years old, Slot was promoted to the U12s - and already showing signs of being a coach.
"As a little boy, he was smart," Ophof recalls. "And he was technical, very good",
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