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Arne Slot, the man who seems destined to step into Jurgen Klopp’s shoes at Liverpool, may be about to arrive in the Premier League as a fellow Dutchman departs, ducking under a sea of rotten tomatoes on his way out of Manchester United.

Erik ten Hag’s appalling second season at Old Trafford hit a new low on Monday, filleted and thrashed 4-0 by Crystal Palace.

Despite an impressive 2022/23, the former Ajax boss appears destined to join an array of high-profile Dutch tacticians who departed the Premier League with their reputations black and blue.

Can Arne Slot buck the trend?

Or is the Feyenoord boss, his appointment at Liverpool all-but tied up, destined to fall into the same trap that claimed Ten Hag, Louis van Gaal, Ronald Koeman and Frank de Boer?

A man who watched Slot’s thrilling Feyenoord side win the Eredivisie title in 2023 insists that the 45-year-old should not be written off just because of the flag on his passport, pointing out that his penchant for turning good players into great ones makes him a fine candidate to build on the foundations Klopp laid down at Anfield.

“Everyone is rightly enthusiastic about him,” Kieft, the former Ajax striker, tells De Telegraaf.

That Selhurst Park capitulation was a record-breaking 13th Premier League defeat for Man United this term.

“However, Slot has a better vision than Ten Hag,” Kieft insists.

Ditto Timber, twin brother of Arsenal defender Jurrien.

Kieft, meanwhile, hopes that Slot will be given the power to build a new-look Liverpool side in his image, with big decisions needing to be taken about some of the club’s most long-serving stars.

“Should he be happy that Liverpool picked him, or does he have something to demand there?,” Kieft wonders.

“It is not to be hoped that Slot will only be happy with Liverpool (picking him).
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