The signing of Arda Turan as coach With view of the 2025-26 season, it has put back to Shakhtar Donetsk In the showcase.
“We are a club that is not afraid of making such decisions. Arda is hungry and is young, ambitious and winner, Like me, like our team. He ascended to Eyüpspor and, in his first season in the Turkish Super League, he finished sixth to a point in Europe, ”he explains Darijo Srna.
We are a club that is not afraid of making such decisions. Arda is hungry and is young, ambitious and winner
“It was not difficult to convince him. He did not ask about the war, nor for the contract. We talked only about football, players and team. It was enough with a phone call. He said: 'I'm ready. This is my chance and I want to take it. I am not worried: I want to be a coach at the highest level and the Shakhtar is a very big step to me ”insists the sports director of the 'Mining' picture when referring to Ex Atlético and Barcelona.
“In the last 25 yearS We have not only exported good players, We have also had Great Entrepreneurs: Lucescu, from Zerbi, Luís Castro, Fonseca ... And Arda has everything to be 'Top “says Srna.
In the last 25 years we have exported good players and great coaches … and Arda has everything to be 'top
“Arda is Simeone in Defense and Luis Enrique in attack (both trained). He has a player's soul, he feels the footballer, and that is the most difficult thing to get. In addition, it has a great 'staff'. We believe in him and we are prepared to start a new chapter with the same ambition: We want to advance to the Europa League and be again Ukraine champions again, ”says Shakhtar Donetsk sports director.
“People don't talk about Ukraine, but nothing changes”
Arda's arrival has returned the spotlights to Shakthar, but The harsh reality that has lived since in 2014 does not vary was forced to leave Donetsk for the 'Dombás War' And, especially, since in February 2022 It will begin Russian invasion in Ukraine.
“Nothing has changed, there are attacks every day. It is very difficult to work in these conditions,” laments brand Darijo Srna. “People no longer speak of Ukraine as before. There are other wars in the world and what happens here has ceased to be the center of attention, but the situation is the same. We hope that the war ends as soon as possible because it is too much for everyone. It is time to sit, to speak and sign a peace agreement “continues the sports director of the 'miners'.
There are attacks every day. It is very difficult to work in these conditions
The Croatian International, who also lived as a child 'Balkan War', Explain the obstacle that you must overcome in your day to day: “Your work is not limited to being a sports director, general director or coach. At the same time you are a father and brother. Many young people who come from Brazil and other countries. For them war is something strange and It is not easy to explain what are happening when the missiles attack kyiv or any other city. Other players have lost brothers, friends or neighbors in the war and that is a tremendous pain. ”
It is not surprising, therefore, that Srna does not skimp in praise: “Players are super professionals and strive to the fullest every day. It is something that we appreciate a lot. War is part of our life and we can't let anything change. We must be strong. We are fighting for Ukraine, for people, for their football and for the army. ”
There are players who have lost brothers, friends or neighbors in the war and that is a tremendous pain
They lost 14! Players
One of the things that hurts most is the plunder to which they have been subjected Since the war began: “UEFA did a lot. Ceferin, especially, showed that he likes to help in difficult situations. Instead, FIFA did nothing, nothing. They had to protect the Ukrainian clubs and the players with the law and did not. ”
FIFA did nothing, nothing. They had to protect the Ukrainian clubs and the players with the law and did not do so
“We continue paying money for soccer players that we bought before the war with a high transfer. They left for Shakhtar – providing a special permit for war – and his contracts are not frozen. In these conditions we lost Tete, Solomon … They had 1-2 years of contract and, after that, they became free agents, ”denounces the sports director of the miners.
“When the war began we lost 14 players! And the coach. We saw each other alone, but we fought until the end. As if that were not enough, our president (Rinat Akhmetov) has invested a lot of money to help people during the war, ”the Croatian affects.
We want to build a strong Shakhtar, again, and we are close
Srna, despite everything, sends a message of optimism for the future: “It is not easy to work being at war, a lot of energy is lost, but We want to build a strong Shakhtar again, again, and we are close. We have a team with incredible potential and trust a lot in the contribution of Arda Turan. ”
