Arsenal appointed temporary chief Renee Slegers for his new permanent main coach until 2026, which led to the end of a three -month search.
Former manager Jonas Eidevall stepped down In October and since then, he has taken over the duty of San Diego Vala to NWSL. Slegers acts as temporary from departure and their increase in form under the Dutch woman set up a third of the third in WSL table, seven points behind the leader Chelsea.
Arsenal So far, they have won 10 of their 11 games under the splenders, drawing only once in Manchester United at the time. Impressive turn also meant that the qualified top of their Champions League A group in front of Bayern from Munich, after passing past the German Giants 3-2 before Christmas.
Here, 90min They looked at five things you need to know about Arsenal’s main coach while the club enters the new age …
The manager’s journey with Arsenal did not begin in September 2023. In fact, she was actually on the club books as a 17-year-old between 2006 and 2007.
She lived and studied at Oaklands College in Hertfordshire, who is the main provider of further education at the club. Slegers collaborated with Alex Scott and Kelly Smith during her initial magic in London and always spoke very kindly at her Academy.
This is also not Slegers to replace Eidevall for the first time in the control excavation. Before joining Arsenal, she worked in Sweden with FC Rosengard, initially as a manager of their B team.
In June 2021, she took responsibility for their first team after Eidevall’s departure to join Arsenal. She led the team to the title of Damallsnskan in 2021 and 2022 before leaving the place in April 2023.
Arsenal’s head coach was only 29 years old when she invited time in her playing career. She earned 55 caps for her national team, but the last appearance followed in November 2016, when she was only 27 years old.
In a friendly opposite against England, she suffered a serious injury that resulted in her 2017 European Championships, which the Netherlands had hosted and won. After more than a year on the side, she announced retirement in February 2018.
Arsenal’s amazing series of results under the splenders would not be possible without players buy her methods. The detachment has been very high about the 35-year-old since October, and the performances have certainly supported it on the field.
Back in October, Beth Mead He described Slegers’s leadership as a “breath of fresh air” when asked if he wanted to be on a constant basis. Although they were careful not to speak while the employment process was ongoing, the mood and optimism around the team in the last few months have been tangible.
Let’s continue to create something together 💪 pic.twitter.com/pn230Atoce
– Arsenal women (@arsenalwfc) 17. January 2025
The results certainly went to Arsenal and Slegers mode since she took the reins, but the dynamics will change a little now, now in charge of the constant basis. She emphasized that they must continue to push forward with everything they have done so far to ensure that consistency is maintained.
Summeri said in Interview with Ian Wright: “It will be very important to me that nothing changes because I think what is so strong is collective ownership. So, I will not change, the girls should not change, no one should change because we really do things so currently. “
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