How Liverpool hired Arne Slot: The data, surprise contenders and why talks grew tense
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5441110/2024/05/20/liverpool-arne-slot-manager-inside-story/
Hughes had studied Slot’s Feyenoord team extensively in his role as Bournemouth technical director, signing Argentina defender Marcos Senesi from the Dutch club in August 2022 and having also watched other players such as right-back Marcus Pedersen (now on loan at Italian club Sassuolo), left-back Quilindschy Hartman (who has filled the gap left by Tyrell Malacia’s move to Manchester United in July 2022) and Colombia winger Luis Sinisterra (who ended up joining Bournemouth via a year at Leeds United).
There were other Feyenoord players Hughes looked at, on his scouts’ recommendation. But it became a standing joke in Bournemouth’s recruitment department as
Hughes told his scouts to stop recommending Feyenoord players because: “It’s not about the players. It’s about the coach and his system.”
Hughes在擔任般尼茅夫技術總監期間,對Slot的飛燕諾進行了深入研究,於2022年8月簽下了阿根廷後衛Marcos Senesi,並觀察了其他球員,如現租借至意大利薩斯索羅的右後衛Marcus Pedersen、在Tyrell Malacia亞2022年7月轉會至曼聯後填補空缺的左後衛Quilindschy Hartman,以及最終從列斯聯加入般尼茅夫的哥倫比亞邊鋒Luis Sinisterra。
Hughes還根據球探的推薦考察了其他飛燕諾球員。
但後來Hughes告訴他的球探們不要再推薦飛燕諾的球員,因為:“這不關乎球員,而是關乎教練及其系統。”
原來Hughes喺般尼茅夫嗰陣已經好賞識Slut sir