Cyriel Dessers has revealed how Liverpool boss Arne Slot's advice changed his career.
The Rangers striker admitted this week that he may have to look for a new challenge at Ibrox after losing his place to Moroccan sensation Hamza Igamane.
But you won't catch Dessers sulking....after a heart-to-heart with Anfield boss Slot when he was manager at Feyenoord who dropped his then-star striker.
Dessers recalled: "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.
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"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, he said again that he could imagine my emotions.
"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, with the fans too, who sometimes forget that a player is only human.
"The world of football is hard, sometimes unreasonable. So it's worth its weight in gold if you have a manager who treats you normally, honestly and with understanding."
