Dutch journalist Suleyman Ozturk has taken aim at pundits who claimed they had not heard of the incoming Liverpool manager Arne Slot.
Last week, news broke that the Reds had agreed a compensation package with Feyenoord to hire Slot as their new boss in the summer. FSG have been on the search for a new manager since Jurgen Klopp broke the news earlier this year that he would be departing Anfield.
The 45-year-old is a relative unknown in England, having managed Feyenoord since 2021 and before that, AZ Alkmaar. In the past two seasons, Slot has won the Dutch domestic cup and the Eredivisie at the Rotterdam club.
Unsurprisingly, knowledge of his style has been unknown prior to Slot being linked with the Liverpool job. Legendary striker Robbie Fowler admitted in his Daily Mirror column that he had to Google the Dutchman to discover more information about him.
Such comments have riled Ozturk though who works for the reputable Voetbal International. Taking issue with the English coverage of Slot, he said: “About the English, you can say that they are islanders and they have a habit of not looking beyond the island.
“The English clubs are a bit more advanced than the public and analysts because a lot of nonsense comes out. That you don’t know Arne Slot, for me that’s a reason to take you off the air.
“Whatever country you live or work in, that’s just crazy. That Slot is not known to the Liverpool public, I understand that.
“You’re a Liverpool fan and you sit down to watch Feyenoord, then you’d have a strange hobby. If you don’t know someone, you go and see what he looks like.
“He has since been called an Erik ten Hag 2.0, but you have to immerse yourself in him.”
