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While Slot has been masterminding Liverpool's campaign, his wife Mirjam, their son Joep and their daughter Isa remained in the Netherlands.

With their children in a crucial year at school, Slot and his wife made the tough decision for him to go solo to Merseyside, prioritising their education during this critical period.

This meant enduring a lonely festive season that would usually be spent with family during the Eredivisie's winter break.



Instead, he had to ready his side for an onslaught of matches against Tottenham, Leicester City and West Ham United, all within an intense seven day period, with Christmas Day in-between.

Before this specific period began last December, he reflected on the personal sacrifices he and Mirjam had to make.

But in the ideal world you are the manager of Liverpool and still have your family around you."

He also shared a personal anecdote about a padel tournament he had to miss with his family, saying: "It is different.

Now I am here I am not going to go to Dubai as I am going to manage a few Premier League games."

While future plans for his family to relocate to the UK remain up in the air, his family recently were in the stands to watch Slot lift his first trophy as Liverpool manager.

It's special to have them with me.

"My family, all the families of the players, have to make sacrifices if you do this job – not only this season, throughout your whole career.
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