Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers has described Liverpool manager Arne Slot as the best manager he has worked with.

Dessers worked under Slot during his loan spell at Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord during the 2021/2022 season.

The Dutch-born Nigerian scored 20 goals for Feyenoord in 41 matches during his stint under Arne Slot, including emerging as the top scorer in the maiden UEFA Conference League with 12 goals.

In an interaction with vi.nl, Dessers described Slot as more than just a good manager, but also a good person who understands the emotions of his players.

“When I was at Feyenoord, there was a match Arne Slot started with Bryan Linssen instead of me against Heerenveen. I was so disappointed. I came on ten minutes before the end. It was freezing cold, the match was already over, nobody really wanted to go forward. I came on with a really poor attitude because I was so disappointed that I wasn’t allowed to start. After the match, Slot sat next to me on the bus.

“I’ve had managers who got angry in such a situation, but he actually said in a very normal and calm way that he understood how I felt. He also explained why he had made his choice. I apologised, and he said again that he could imagine my emotions,” Dessers said about Slot in an interview with vi.nl.

“I walked back to the back of that bus and felt like it was out of my system. I still think back to that one conversation sometimes. There, Arne proved to me that he is not only a good manager, but also a good person.

“I sometimes miss that empathy in football with the media and with the fans too, who sometimes forget that a player is only human. The world of football is hard and sometimes unreasonable. So it’s worth its weight in gold if you have a manager who treats you normally, honestly, and with understanding,” the ex-Genk man concluded.