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Arne Slot is feeling the fury of some within the Dutch media - with a well-known pundit accusing him of LYING about his torpedoed move to Tottenham.

The Dutchman is on the verge of a move to Liverpool having won the race to replace Jurgen Klopp.

A year ago, he was in Spurs' cross hairs, but talks infamously collapsed before Ange Postecoglou was recruited from Celtic.



Slot has spoken about it frequently since, indicating it was his decision not to move, in favour of staying at home for a crack at the Champions League with Feyenoord.

But veteran pundit Henk Spaan simply wasn't having that narrative as he spoke on the Hard Gras podcast.

In a spiky assessment of Slot, he said: "He told that (lie) three times, but Spurs stopped negotiating.

Tottenham Hotspur just didn't want to pay more."

It's believed Liverpool will pay close to £10m for Slot and his backroom team and he claimed after talks with Spurs collapsed that taking his own people with him was a crucial factor

Speaking last summer, Slot said: “The decisive factor was playing the Champions League
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