The Spanish Julen Lopetegui, new coach of West Ham United, stated this Monday in his first press conference as coach of the London team that “the style (of play) has to help you win, that’s the first step.”
“We have to have the initiative, be aggressive with the ball. But my goal as a coach is to get everything: understand the game and have the right answers. We have to know how to win games, whether we have the initiative or not in football you always have something important to do and you can always improve,” explained the Basque coach.
“I’m where I want to be”
Lopetegui He explained that he chose to accept the position at West Ham for “many reasons”: “I’m very happy here, I see a lot of friends here. I’m here where I want to be. I’m at a great club, in my opinion one of the great clubs in London, and I think we have a lot of potential, look at the stadium, the fans: everything is in its place.”
The Basque coach, former Spanish coach and former coach of teams such as Rayo Vallecano, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Wolverhampton, said that West Han has a good squad base and players “to make a step move forward, improve and make a lot of noise”, although he assured that they are “trying to improve” the campus.
Happy with the squad but waiting for reinforcements
“The first thing to highlight is that we are happy with the players, but of course we will try to improve. We have to work hard to be ready for the Premier League, and we want to have players as soon as possible. It is possible, but it is not easy”, he assumed Lopetegui, for whom English competition is “where everyone wants to compete”.
“The teams and the fans create something special in every game and we all want to be here. I don’t think there is any comparison: this is the best competition in the world.” he added.
“I don’t want to set limits”
The Spanish coach does not want to set goals in this new phase: “I don’t want to set limits. I always say that you can dream, but you have to work hard to achieve those dreams. This is the best league with The best players and coaches we will try to put the demands in the mind of the players who for me believe in that way of working. The match against Unai Emery’s team is the first day of the Premier League and will be played on August 17 at the London Stadium.
“Our first ambition is to start working and try to convince the players that if we work hard we will overcome the difficulties we will suffer,” he continued, “in every game we want to think we can win. We know that will not be the case possible, but having “Ambition is important. Establishing that mindset is important to me.”
Source: La Verdad
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