Gabor Kubatov, the president of Ferencvaros, underlined coach Dejan Stankovic’s ambitions and his work in Hungary so far.
Stankovic, who spent nine years of his playing career with the Nerazzurri from 2004 to 2013, become the head coach of the Hungarian club in September, taking on a new adventure after a difficult spell with Sampdoria last term.
The 45-year-old Serbian coach has done well in charge of Ferencvaros, guiding them to second in the Hungarian topflight and progressing to the next round of the Europa Conference League. He’s picked up 11 wins and seven draws in his first 21 games in the dugout.
Speaking to Fradi TV via TMW, Kubatov discussed his decision to appoint Stankovic and the coach’s ambitions.
“He wants to become Inter‘s coach. For this reason, he has a lot to bring to the table and these ambitions lead him to want to win at all costs with the team. Furthermore, Dejan wanted to come to us.
“He said: ‘Mr President, give me this team’. It is no coincidence that we found an economic agreement in about 10 minutes. We are only at the beginning of the work, the true face of the team will show itself in the spring, but given the indications we haven’t made the wrong decision.”
Stankovic was given a seemingly impossible task last season, taking over a troubled Sampdoria in early October. He failed to turn things around on the Ligurian coast, picking up just four wins across 32 matches as they suffered relegation to the second tier.