Francesco Farioli Q & A: Ajax Boss discusses the summons of Jordan Henderson England, revived his team and more than | Football news

Ajax Francesco Farioli President sat with Sky Sports News“Paul Gilmore to discuss midfielder Jordan Henderson in England, what the Englishman brings to the Dutch club, and his revival in Ajax …

Jordan Henderson returned to the England team as a player in Ajax. What is your reaction to this summons?

“It was great. It was this morning, so we only had the opportunity to meet with breakfast and reached this news, and of course it was really emotional.

“You know how much this means to return to the national team team and I think it is something that is really happy for the team and the club, and we all.

What are the talks that I had with Jordan since then, and what did you say to him?

“This type of news is always special. So, with Jordan, we are really good from the emotional point of view of all the things you got from the first day because he is a wonderful person, a real leader.

“You can also imagine, his experience, his knowledge, especially his love for the game is really unique. For me, as a coach, it is not really difficult to communicate with people if they have this desire to make our regular environment better every day.

“He is a playing player who is able to lead the group and move all the players in the right direction, and I think on the new journey we have, his role was crucial.

“We must be really happy. We are really happy with the fact that it will also contribute to the new tournament of the English national team.”

It was a big surprise here in England, and perhaps a little of a mixed reaction. Some people did not expect Henderson to see again in the England shirt. Are you surprised at all?

No, because I think he is a player who can really bring things.

“With his mentality and professionalism, you improve in this type of things.

“Now that England has rebuilt a new story, I think you need this type of players, especially man.”

So what does a 34 -year -old team give?

“Saying that the experience is really easy because more than 700 professional games are a very large number.

“However, part of this for me is emotion, the desire to improve every day, despite the age.

“His method of training is really in a positive way. So, you have a leading leader and be able to help young players create certain standards.

“It is a criterion for everyone and really easy to do every type of technical staff, especially those who depend on work and mental ethics.”

You work with him every day, but the supporters do not see it much behind the scenes. Can you give any specific examples of what it brings? I mentioned the leadership. Do you have any specific examples of things that people do not see?

“there are many.

“This is the part that is like or as a journalist, for example, what you see is what happens on the day of the game. But getting there well, work, details and the team’s mental status is essential.

“You cannot really build this yourself because in the end, I think it is even the best ideas, if you are not able to share and create a link and link with the players, you are unable to do anything.

“For me, this is really the starting point for everything – the ability to connect people. Linking people, first of all, you need to see, a clear plan about the place you want to go, and a direction.

“But after you have human beings who are able to faith and step, because in the end, every football journey goes largely with faith and what you really feel at home.

“My first conversation with Jordan was about these types of things, even more than talking about football.

“Of course, it was part of my illustration, his role. With us, he plays more than six eighth number, which he used to do in Liverpool.

So, I explain how I see it, and why I see it there, any kind of demands that we have in our way of playing. But above all, what my expectations from him as a captain are, because last season, the team captain was not.

“After a few conversations, it was easy to make a decision to give the arm badge to him. I think he is as a coach, you cannot request a better leader in your team.

So we talked about his leadership qualities and human qualities. I mentioned there about playing six instead of eight. Is this the way you adapt his game? Are signs to be flexible and the ability to adapt his actual game in that era?

“Yes, of course. His soul and his desire to learn constantly from everyone crazy. Therefore, this shows a lot about his humility.

“This is also a feature of the features to be important for me a soccer player. Also, his curiosity. These are the main elements always to communicate with football players and communicate with the person.

“After winning the Champions League, you still have a desire to discover a new position, to discover new demands, to discover a new way to play, and this says a lot.

“As I said before, about emotion and love for the game, I think his passion is not up to him.”

You and Thomas Tuchil are on the same page when it comes to Anderson, because Tuchel said that he embodies everything we are trying to build. It is the serial winner. Do you think Jordan can help England approach their dream of raising the World Cup?

“It was very funny because in the morning, I had a natural routine and then an interview. So, they asked me my feelings.

“Of course, I used some keywords that Tuchel said a few hours later at his press conference.

“Not because we had a conversation between us, but just because you have luck and the opportunity to communicate with Jordan and talk to it, its characteristics will be very clear to everyone.

“If you are talking about his role in this New England operation, there is no doubt that I completely support the Tuchel decision.”

Jordan is part of your team and after two difficult seasons, we cannot mention the way you have ended so far this season. Of course, there is a lot of football that must be played, but it seems that there is a lot of enthusiasm between the supporters, and a really strong relationship between you and the team, and the fans. It should be good to have turned this in this way …

“The narration for us was very clear and this was the main part of the first conversation I had with Jordan when we met at the training center. We started speaking and mentioned the fact that last season and the last two seasons, but especially last season, was full of scratches for the club and the players were there.

“When entering this moment of difficulty, it is not the way to think about saying, it is now a new page. No, it is never like this in football life. It is a really really empty page. If you want it, you must clean.

“I felt that it was important to maintain pain and suffering in some way the club was in the past two years, because at the moment you should decide the way to be followed.

“I think it is a very good reminder that you have some signals on your skin that you have in the past. So my message to Jordan and after there was time to another we would like to update these signals, to keep ourselves really sharp, and we really defended and committed to Mandi, as you can imagine, it is a huge club.

“The responsibility that communicates with this is enormous and we need to be players ready for that. But as I said before, humans who really want to do something special and want to sacrifice everything to try to give little happiness to the world of Ajax.”

I came across the club in a positive situation after these difficult years and dealt with all this pressure that comes in a huge club like Ajax. To do this at the age of 35, have you found yourself learning a lot over the past few years?

“My previous experience in different countries is really valuable opportunities for me to get a little more, more ready for the challenges we face. After, in each environment, in every country, in every club, I always face different difficulties or different challenges.

“I would really believe that there is no single plan that goes on everything. So, a new club enters and this is what we did here with our beliefs, with our way of playing, with our ideas, with our behaviors that we want to see from the players, especially from us. We are the example and the new project captain.

“After you enter and when you enter, it is always important to smell the smell of what is happening because from the outside you have a picture, but in the five days to the first six, you should be really able to adapt, flexibility, understand it, and perhaps also to change something from your plans.

“This is always one of the most exciting parts when you have the opportunity to enter the club with difficulties and deal with the job with appropriate energy and appropriate feelings.

I know part of the pressure in a big club like AJAX or in England, it’s like Manchester United and Liverpool. These major clubs with real history seem to have more scrutiny. Therefore, because of this, because they have achieved such success in the past, whenever you hear the general praise of a person like Louis Van Gal and the people who have succeeded in a historical club, it must definitely give you a lot of confidence …

“For an incredible teacher support and an iconian coach because Van Gaal is really strong.

“Our daily function in a club with this type of heritage, with this type of past is important to be clear. There is a strong motivation, but I also believe that we are all supposed to continue to move and a clear desire to move forward.

“There is no future without the past. But it is also important to live today. If possible, work a little with one eye in the future because football changes quickly.

“You must be part of what changes in football, and for this function, you need a lot of humility and curiosity because every day you have to put your thoughts in the discussion and under the attack by anyone else.

“This is the key and the club here, Ajax, is a huge club with a very clear DNA and also, with a very clear business model about the fact that young players need to develop it.

Also, we have had the opportunity to make two new calls for some other national teams. He is only 17 years old with the first team of Belgium. Youi Baas with the Netherlands team as well.

“Therefore, they help group individuals to grow and collectively help individuals achieve their desires and dreams.”