Arsenal has appointed Temporary Coach Renee Slegers as the new permanent coach by 2026, ending three months' search.
Former manager Jonas Eidevall resigned In October and since then he has assumed the responsibility of San Diego Wave in NWSL. SLEGERS has acted as temporary since removing and growing them in form under the direction of the Dutch place the third gunners in WSL Table, seven points behind leaders Chelsea.
Arsenal They have won 10 of their 11 games under Slegers so far, equalizing only once with Manchester United at the time. Impressive return also meant that they qualified on top of them Champions League The group before Bayern Munich, after beating German giants 3-2 before Christmas.
Here, 90 min They have taken a look at five things you should know about Arsenal coach, while the club is entering a new era…
The coach's trip with Arsenal did not begin in September 2023 when she joined as an Eidevall assistant. In fact, she was actually in the club's books as a 17-year-old between 2006 and 2007.
She lived and studied at Oaklands College in Hertfordshire, who are the main provider of the club's further education. Slegers worked with Alex Scott and Kelly Smith during her initial period in London and has always spoken with great love about her time in the Academy.
This is also not the first time Slegers replaces Eidevall in the managerial branch. Before joining Arsenal, she worked in Sweden with FC Rosengard, initially as their team manager B.
In June 2021, she took over their first team after Eidevall's departure to join Arsenal. She led the team to the titles of Damallsvenskan in 2021 and 2022 before leaving her post in April 2023.
Arsenal's main coach was only 29 when she took time in her game career. She made a total of 55 appearances for her national team, but her latest appearance came in November 2016 when she was only 27 years old.
In a friendly against England, she suffered a serious injury that resulted in the absence of the 2017 European Championship, which the Netherlands received and won. After more than a year aside, she announced her withdrawal in February 2018.
Arsenal's extraordinary result under the leadership of Slegers would not be possible without the players to implement its methods. The team has spoken extremely well for the 35-year-old since October and the appearances have certainly supported this in the field.
In October, Beth Mead described the leadership of Slegers as a 'breath of fresh air' when asked if the team would like to see him take the direction permanently. Although they were careful not to speak while the recruitment process was ongoing, mood and optimism about the team in recent months has been evident.
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The results have certainly gone on the Arsenal road and the sleegers since she got the brakes, but the dynamics will change a little now that she is on the top on a permanent basis. She stressed that they should continue to move forward with everything they have done so far to ensure that sustainability is maintained.
said the sleegers in a interview with Ian Wright: “It will be very important for me not to change anything because I think what has made us so strong is collective ownership. So I won't change, girls shouldn't change, no one should change because We do things really well at the moment. ”