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The only biography to cover Arne Slot''s brilliant 2024/25 season with Liverpool FC The definitive book on Liverpool''s new manager, Arne Slot, exploring his tactical philosophy, early managerial career at AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord and first full season at Liverpool FC As Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool in June 2024, he proclaimed Arne Slot his successor with a chant that rang around Anfield. The expectations were raised for the man who would succeed the greatest Liverpool manager of the modern era, but Slot''s start to life in Merseyside could not have gone any better. By the end of November, the Reds were top of the Premier League and Champions League tables, having only lost once in all competitions with players like Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister regularly putting in career defining performances. But, how well does the world of football really know Arne Slot? Mikos Gouka has had unparalleled access to Slot, his former players, rival coaches and Slot''s family and friends for the last decade, allowing him to construct an impeccable biography that delves into the Dutchman''s life and managerial career. From his early years as a coach at Cambuur and AZ Alkmaar to how he flourished at Feyenoord, where he developed his distinct tactical philosophy, before making the switch to Anfield, Gouka reveals everything. He also covers Arne''s first full season at Liverpool, chronicling it in its entirety as the Reds battled for Premier League and Champions League glory, as well as reaching the League Cup final. Based on exclusive interviews with Slot himself, Gouka has created an intimate and all-encompassing biography of the newest manager to join football''s elite.
About the author
Mikos Gouka is a leading Dutch football journalist from Rotterdam who writes for AD and covers Feyenoord. He is the author of two books on Feyenoord;
Kameraden, which covered their title winning 2022-23 season under Arne Slot and
Arne Slot, a biography of Arne Slot which offers insight into his early life, managerial career and tactical philosophy dubbed 'Slot-ball' (which was the original Dutch title), as well as his move to and first full season at Liverpool. Published in the Netherlands in November 2024, it was an instant hit and sold out it's first three printruns within the first week of publishing.
