Slot is inspired by Pep, obsessed with tactics & control - just like Ten Hag
The prospect of a Dutch manager with a near-maniacal focus on tactics taking charge of one the giants of English football has a certain familiar ring to it.
Two years after Erik ten Hag left Ajax for Manchester United, Arne Slot looks set to follow his old foe to the north west of England.
Slot has emerged as a strong contender for the Anfield gig and the unenviable task of replacing Jurgen Klopp, who will depart after nine years in charge at the end of the season.
Indeed, on Wednesday morning it emerged talks have already begun between Liverpool and Feyenoord with the compensation fee set at £8.5million.
While ten Hag's days at Old Trafford may be numbered following a dismal second season in charge, the parallels between him and Slot are obvious and not just in terms of looks and nationality.
Ten Hag was a solid if unspectacular centre-back. The 54-year-old played for Twente in three separate spells, De Graafschap, RKC Waalwijk and Utrecht over a career that spanned 13 seasons.
Similarly, Slot was a decent enough midfielder, albeit one whose technical abilities were hampered by a lack of pace.
The 45-year-old spent most of his career playing as No 10, making over 460 league appearances for FC Zwolle, NAC Breda, Sparta Rotterdam and PEC Zwolle.
Their respective limitations as players arguably helped ten Hag and Slot become the managers they are, as they understood the importance of teams working as one cohesive unit.
Like ten Hag, Slot is ruthlessly ambitious and a control freak who demands total control at a club.
As Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and to a lesser extent Marcus Rashford have found out, players cross ten Hag at their peril.
Slot's and ten Hag's managerial spells in the Netherlands have also followed a similar
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