Hajduk finished the main part of the preparations in Spain, and the players and coaching staff returned to Split to do some more training until the SuperSport HNL season resumes.
Coach of the Split team Gennaro Gattuso he gave an interview for Hajduk Digital Television, which is also available on Max TV from Thursday.
When is it Nikola Kalinic came to Marbella to convince me to come, I knew where I was coming, I knew about all the difficulties, about the fact that the whole of Split lives for Hajduk, I knew about everything and I am not surprised by anything. I told my HQ guys the first day I told them where we were going: ‘for us this is Real Madrid’.
We will not pay attention to the fact that there are no auxiliary fields and that the conditions are not ideal. For us it’s Real Madrid, we go with the mindset that we should work hard. We can only get here with work, mentality and the will to progress. Only a madman like me would accept such an invitation.
I am proud to have accepted Hajduk’s invitation because I feel that the whole city supports me. Not from the beginning though. I felt cold at the start, but that’s normal. They had to get to know me, and now I feel that all people are a part of me, for better or for worse. It gives me strength. I don’t hide that I could have left, but I didn’t even think about it, Gattuso said.
I had an invitation to go, but I couldn’t let the city down. I can’t let down such a great faith of the people, I can’t let down my players, the people who work in the club. There are many people who work at the club with great passion. It’s a great value for us and I’m happy about it.
We have taken the first step, and now comes the second, which is much more important. We haven’t done anything yet. What makes me happy is the mentality, the will of the players that I see every day, professionalism. When I first arrived, the mentality was not what it should be, and I must say that the players have positively surprised me in these seven months. added Hajduk’s coach.
Gattuso: The fans are the reason I’m still in Hajduk
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