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Dan_85 wrote:Wenger will have him turned into a zombie-like "yes man" within days...
Bottom line is that we can bring back all the former greats we like but it wont make a single difference as long as le c**t is still in charge - just remember that it was only a year ago that wenker got a fitness coach to take the training rather than allowing bouldie the power to take the session
Dan_85 wrote:Wenger will have him turned into a zombie-like "yes man" within days...
Bottom line is that we can bring back all the former greats we like but it wont make a single difference as long as le c**t is still in charge - just remember that it was only a year ago that wenker got a fitness coach to take the training rather than allowing bouldie the power to take the session
Realx Augster, the key quote is -
“I can’t really plan ahead. I know I will be here [at Ajax] for at least another three or five years and then I don’t know"
3 to 5 years!!! Le Turnip won't even be here post May 2014 so savour the thought of Bergkamp and a bright new beginning
“The feeling Johan Cruyff has had for Barcelona, I have the same with Arsenal,” says Bergkamp, currently assistant coach at his boyhood club Ajax.
“At Arsenal it was a good click. I always enjoyed it. I never had a bad day there. It is always on my mind. It is part of my ambition to come back at some stage.
It's up to Le Prof now, either he will invite him to join the coaching team (if there is such a thing at Arseanl - or is it still all a one man operation?)
Would love to see the influence he could have on the likes of jack,the Ox, Theo and Eisfeld.
I think he's too clever to come and work under Wenger. To be honest the way he's gone about his coaching career compared to English (and Oirish) ex-players is yet another explanation for the technical gap between the countries.
Bergkamp worked as a trainee at Ajax, as an assistant to Neeskens at Netherlands B, then worked his way up from Ajax U12s to U19s deputy and then finally became assistant to the first team under de Boer where he's been for 2 years and probably will continue for a few more. When he takes his first managerial job he'll have years of great experience working at different levels in different roles to add to his unique vision.
Alan Shearer, Gareth Southgate, Roy Keane - just a few players who have walked straight into a PL job even though they barely managed to even get their badges (if they did at all).