Germany Football Shop<\/a><\/p>\n“He knew before he came that it is required, in a way, that he trusts the youth. That he promotes that at the club. I think that came naturally to him at the club as well. If he sees good talent and trusts it, then he will let them play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“With the Europa League, we have the chance this season. On the one hand, we want to reach the Champions League. On the other, we have the chance to promote youngsters, but we are trying to get back to the Champions League, to prepare the youngsters for the highest level.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I watch his training sessions and he is open to talking. He is talking about the days where we faced each other or played each other. He coached Valencia and I played for Bremen. These bonds and connections you have as football people are nice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“All of a sudden you feel this great connection between him and\u00a0myself. But we are building because we are in the early stages. He wants to reach Champions League football with the first team, he is very intense and bringing a lot of energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It is a new chapter and era right now. It is a difficult job so we are trying to support him as much as we can with what he requires. Sometimes that\u2019s good young talent and he is willing to promote them if they are ready.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It is our job to give him a headache, make him think \u2018where are all these youngsters coming from?\u2019. That\u2019s our job. That\u2019s my job to make it easy for him to see these good young talents and that he can trust them.\u00a0So\u00a0the connection is growing and we are just at the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It is not easy for him with the heritage of being the successor of Arsene Wenger. Being in that position, we have seen other coaches struggle at other clubs, with that scenario so I am trying to do as much as I can to support him. That\u2019s my focus. I am very busy with that.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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