Michel Vorm backs Arne Slot as 'good fit' to become new Tottenham boss

Michel Vorm believes Feyenoord boss Arne Slot would be a ‘good fit’ to take over as the next permanent manager of Hotspur. 

It comes as the Dutchman guided his team to the  after they defeated Go Ahead Eagles 3-0 on Sunday afternoon.

It is only the second time this century that Feyenoord have won the Dutch first division, after they cruised to the league title having lost just one league match to PSV Eindhoven, who sit eight points behind them in second place. 

The result is a testament to , with the 44-year-old having only arrived at the club back in 2021 from AZ Alkmaar, overseeing just 99 games in all competitions before claiming the title.  

And his work hasn’t gone unnoticed, with , with Mail Sport previously reporting that he, along side several other big names, could be a leading candidate to take the vacant manager’s position at Tottenham. 

With Slot now having conquered the Dutch league and being heavily liinked with a move to north London, his compatriot, Vorm, thinks he could be a perfect fit to take over from interim manager Ryan Mason. 

‘I think he’s ready,’ the former Tottenham Goalkeeper said after a charity football match, according to . 

‘He showed that, because I know the Dutch league well and what he’s done before, and I speak with a lot of players in Holland, and over the years at AZ and now at Feyenoord how positive they are about him and the style of play, how he communicates and treats all the players and they have done so well.’

‘If you see how they did last season and then now they’ve won the title.He’s done an amazing job and for me he would definitely be a good fit.’

Since joining Feyenoord, Slot has galvanised his side to playing an exciting brand of football, with side scoring 78 goals this season to win 24 of the 34 matches they’ve played this year. 

Leeds had enquired about bringing him to Elland Road after , but was one of , before they .

Daniel Levy has also been looking for a new permanent head coach after former player Mason took the reins at the club, for the second time in his coaching career, after . 

The club were after the club to appoint Julian Nagelsmann as their new manager.

Mason, meanwhile, has made it clear this week that he would be eager to .

It’s been a difficult season for Spurs, who have largely failed to reach their potential this season, succumbing to a string of tough losses recently, including a 2-1 defeat away to Aston Villa, a tough 4-3 loss to Liverpool and of course that devastating 6-1 drubbing to Newcastle. 

A week before that, they also suffered a tough 3-1 loss to Bournemouth at home, joker388 apk download and Vorm, who ended his career with the club in 2020, admitted that it’s been a ‘tough’ campaign for his former side.  

‘It’s been a very difficult season,’ the 39-year-old said.’You hope that they could have turned it around in the last couple of matches but it’s been very tough.

‘The last couple of games, Brentford and Leeds, you just hope they finish as strongly as possible but we’ll see. I think this whole season has had a lot of ups and downs and it’s just one of those seasons.’

With two games left to play, Tottenham have slipped to seventh in the league after their loss at Villa Park this weekend and now sit five points behind Liverpool, who occupy fifth in the table.