Premier League The Dutch coach spoke about his stay at the ‘Toffees’
LRonald Koeman’s stay at Everton did not leave very good impressions or even the fans … nor in Koeman himself. 16 months were enough for the ‘Toffees’ board of directors to decide to dispense with their services after a thrashing against Arsenal.
And the now DT of FC Barcelona has spoken about it in an interview with The Athletic, who seems to have found in the club where he became a legend as a player, some support from both players and the board, who have trusted him the complicated mission to lift a depressed team after the departure of Surez, the win against Bayern in the last quarterfinals of the Champions League (2-8), the possible departure of Messi at the end of the season …
“It was a difficult stage (referring to his stay at Everton). There both the club itself and the fans expect too much and have very high expectations of the team. Sometimes I think they live anchored in the past, in the great seasons they had years ago in the Premier League“began Koeman warning.
“The first season was very successful, Lukaku scored 25 goals and we beat all the greats at Goodison Park. We even beat Manchester City 4-0 and it was great. The problem is that we weren’t able to take the next step as a team. It is true that we spend a lot of money on signings like Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane or Gylfi Sigurdsson, but the reality is that we miss a forward like Lukaku, who left that summer. It was a very painful loss, “he said.
“In that sense, I really enjoyed the time at Southampton, where there was much less pressure than at Everton and you could work without the obligation to get good results every day. The same thing happens with the change that I have now experienced at Bara, whose daily pressure is much higher than that of Everton, “he concluded.