In his behind-the-scenes staff…
Sip [Hulshoff] with whom I have worked for a long time. We know each other well and we know each other, especially from a football point of view. One of the reasons we work together [è] because we have so much in common, whether it’s the style of play, the game model or the changes we make during the match. And John Heitinga is here with me for the first half [della] season and I couldn’t have asked for more. If I say talent, I don’t even rate it enough because it’s already more than that. He himself was a coach, but he is still young. [Lui] he has grown in our staff since the beginning in a very positive way, so he has the same idea about football. This is also why I chose him to come to us too. But the way [sta] with the boys, just like Sipke, [è] very positive.
We do almost all the things we do together, like in every other staff, it’s like that, but it’s definitely like that here too. They have a lot of time to work with the players individually, but also to lead part of the session. [Loro] they have the same idea of football as me. So yeah, I’ll be involved tomorrow. But if you weren’t, it wouldn’t be a problem for the players at all. They wouldn’t notice anything different.
And then we’re talking about the coaching staff, but I think we’ve all seen how many compliments our coaching staff, our medical staff, should give if you look at how the players come back, like Alisson [Becker]come [Diogo] Jota. But also that we can be 10 and our opponent can say it looked like they had 11. That probably says a lot about the coaching staff and the players, but I’ve paid them enough compliments, so for now let’s stick with the coaching staff, the staff doctor and my staff behind the scenes!
