The Arne Slot story: From Dutch Bible Belt to Liverpool – and why ‘it all comes back to his father’

“Over the years, the newspaper cutting has started to yellow with age. It has a rip down one side and, almost four decades since it was printed, its owner cannot be sure how the damage occurred. Bert Snippe has just pulled up a chair and introduced himself as a former team-mate of Arne Slot’s father, Arend, from the village team, VV Bergentheim, whose story is intrinsically linked to Liverpool’s modern-day success. Arend never played professionally but he was called up for the Dutch national amateur team. Mention his name in Bergentheim and the people who have seen him play all seem to be in agreement: he was the best footballer VV Bergentheim ever had. …”
NY Times/The Athletic

Arne Slot (third from left), aged nine, in a Dutch newspaper