Rutten: "Great respect for my predecessor"

INTERVIEWS Fred Rutten also had time to talk to the press in Spain. What are his first impressions of RSC Anderlecht and how does he see the future? His first assignment according to himself: "Bring back the peace to the team by getting results."


The first week of Rutten is over, how did it go?

"My first impression is that there is still dynamics in the team and after the many bad results they are not jumping and dancing, which is normal, but they want to go further and show that as well."

"It is now up to me to let the peace return to the team. I am also a very quiet man by nature, but we also have to start winning for that, which is not what happened before the winter break, although I have to admit that they should not have lost all those games. So why they lost it, that's in the past, I'm focusing on the future now, and I do not want to give the impression that I'm criticizing my predecessor, because I don't do that, I have a lot of respect for my colleague. "

Hein Vanhaezebrouck would have overloaded the players with tactics. Too much to be good. What is Rutten's vision?

"First I have to make an analysis to see who deserves freedom, even though I am not going to tell my players what they should not do, they can do just a lot but with limitations that I will impose on them. The first assignment is to get a firm basic, so the players can hold on to that. Once we did that, the rest will follow. But the players also have to look in the mirror for themselves, it is their responsibility that a trainer is fired. "

Will Rutten choose for a four-man defense?

"A 4-4-3 is normally the basis for me, I also have the players for that, but I do not have the freedom to let every player begin at the same level. We need to be ready for AA Gent right away. So, I will watch the games from the past and take elements from them.

We often heard that Rutten is a people manager. Is that right ?

"If necessary, I can also stand above a group, but you have to ask yourself whether the message that you bring is the right one, every player is different and you have to deal with it differently, you also have to invest a lot of time and energy. "

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