Tottenham linchpin admits Liverpool boss Arne Slot failed with transfer approach

Tottenham prima Micky van de Ven has proved an inspired signing but successful the past has precise overmuch been connected Arne Slot's radar with the Liverpool brag failing doubly with bids

Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven reckons helium mightiness present beryllium playing for Liverpool had Kop brag Arne Slot managed to motion him earlier successful his career.

Van de Ven has revealed however Slot failed with bids to instrumentality him to some AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord - lone for circumstances to conspire to enactment the Dutch centre-back connected a antithetic vocation way to the Premier League.

The 23-year-old was forging a estimation astatine Volendam erstwhile the manager who has taken Liverpool to the apical of the Premier League came calling - but helium failed to onshore his people some times.

Van de Ven explained: “Arne Slot wanted to motion maine for AZ erstwhile helium saw maine play successful the archetypal play astatine Volendam. The nine refused to merchantability maine and I had to judge that they would not fto maine go. When helium was astatine Feyenoord helium tried to motion me, too, but by past I had already signed for Wolfsburg successful Germany.

“Do I deliberation I would beryllium playing for Liverpool present if I would person joined Slot astatine Feyenoord? That would person been immoderate benignant of fate. Slot is doing truly well. Liverpool is present a fantastic squad and helium is showing again what a superb manager helium is. Every subordinate who has worked nether Slot, volition archer you large things astir him. In the fewer talks I had with him astatine the time, I got a large feeling astir his managerial style, his coaching and his ideas successful football. He really, truly sees the crippled well.”

Van de Ven’s way to the Premier League took him to Spurs successful a £42million woody successful the summertime of 2023 - and the Dutchman has vowed to extremity the club’s 17-year trophy drought.

But Ange Postecoglu’s squad indispensable get past Liverpool successful the 2nd limb of the Carabao Cup semi-final this week - and the defender has revealed however Holland team-mate and Kop skipper Virgil van Dijk has go a mentor.

He said: “I truly would not caput playing adjacent to Virgil successful defence. He is specified a fabulous defender and doing large astatine Liverpool. I larn a batch from him. When we've played against Liverpool with Tottenham, Virgil inactive gives maine tips aft the game! He says things like; ‘maybe you could person done this oregon that’ successful definite situations. It shows helium wants to assistance maine amended my game.”

Spurs clasp a 1-0 pb from the archetypal leg, and Van de Ven told Dutch mag Helden: “Ange Postecoglu told maine astir the past of Spurs and that they person ne'er won a trophy.

“He said ‘I americium going to alteration that and I privation you to beryllium portion of my plans.’ I emotion it successful London and I emotion Spurs arsenic a club. I won’t remainder till we person won a trophy. The fans and the nine merit that.

“I cognize radical say, erstwhile you motion for sSpurs you ne'er triumph trophies. But it volition hap - and it is up to america present to unopen each those mouths. We won’t triumph the Premier League this season, but we are inactive successful the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Europa League.”

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