Chennaiyin FC head coach Thomas Brdaric opened up about his role at the club and his football philosophy. The German has made some big signings ahead of the upcoming Hero Indian Super League season and hopes to further strengthen the squad. Petar Sliskovic, Kwame Karikari, Julius Duker, and Fallou Diagne have filled the international quota while Monotosh Chakladar and Sourav Das have been additions to the domestic quota.
“It was my dream to come to Asia and to expand my knowledge and experience, the passion to overtake a club with the same mentality and objectives,” Chennaiyin FC head coach Thomas Brdaric said. “The motivation for me was to settle in a club with these objectives and targets which align mine as well. I had a well-versed conversation with the board and that gave me the motivation. I also had to convince the board that I am the right person and now I am here.”
“My sense of approach is to build the Indian players and to bring foreign players to accompany them, accomplish the goals together, and bring them to another level. It’s kind of a challenge for myself to bring Indian players to another level,” he added. “There are bunches of developmental players in our team, they are very eager, hard-working. They should also understand that without a good physical level, they can’t play good football. I want to give them a lot of confidence that they’re able to work on what I ask them of because all players like to play. Young players do have expectations of them and to deal with the players, they need support to evolve, which is what I undertake in my process, and I hope it succeeds here as well.”
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