…What can I say except that last season was a failure for Ajax and me? We started with promotion ambitions in div1 and up to 7/8 matches from the end of season we were fighting for the playoffs but then the light went out… We see the conditions for rejuvenating the squad and we seized them sacrificing two our great players, Eriksen and Luis Alberto, and the situation inexorably felt downwards ending with relegation and my dismissal as head coach… Finally it’s off again… it’s been a few weeks since Sunderland AFC offered me the technical lead of the squad and it’s been a hectic few weeks trying to shape the squad according to my needs… Many deals have been concluded, others may be in the pipeline but what matters is that we are still here trying to develop and carry on a project…