Or he could improve his situation at a club on the up, look forward to a Champions League campaign and own the narrative about his commitment, further endearing himself to the supporters. He could have tried to force the move, going to war with Feyenoord and torching his popularity with the club’s fans – 150,000 of whom sang his name during the wild title celebration party. The reality was that Slot had two choices. Vincent Kompany signed a new five-year deal at Burnley at the beginning of the month after interest from Spurs and Chelsea. At Spurs, as at many Premier League clubs when there is a managerial vacancy, they have grown used to managers leveraging the situation to improve their existing terms. Slot’s line about the exclusive contract extension element led to raised eyebrows. I’m looking forward to next season with Feyenoord.”
All talks with the club have always been only in that sense. There is not – and there has not been – transfer conversation and yesterday’s meeting was exclusively for an extension. “Although I am thankful, my wish is to stay at Feyenoord and continue working on what we created last year.
“I have been hearing a lot of rumours going around about other clubs’ interest in me,” Slot said. Slot’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, met the Feyenoord general manager, Dennis te Kloese, on Wednesday and, on Thursday morning, Slot announced that he wanted to remain at the club, to build on the Eredivisie title glory of this season, their first such triumph since 2017. It meant that Feyenoord, who have not wanted to lose Slot after the way that he has transformed their fortunes since his arrival in 2021, were in a strong position when Spurs put the feelers out they could set a high asking price.
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