PC interview: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=BiuazH6K CeU

Translated into English (from 04:25 mins)

It is clear that you came in here with a long‑term plan.​

Yes, but I have to be honest that this has always been the case everywhere.​
And certainly here as well.​
I am someone who likes to be somewhere else every year and start a new story.​
I am a builder and I always have been.​
So here the real intention is to build something over several years.​
That is also the club’s intention.​
That was also one of the reasons to take this step, because after talking to the owners I felt that they really wanted to build for the long term.​
Literally and figuratively, actually.​
Yes, in every area: infrastructure, players, to get back to the Premier League and stay there.​
So they are very ambitious, but they are also basically putting the keys in my hands together with a number of other people at the club.​
And you have a lot of say not only about the line‑up and the players and training, but also many other things.​


It stands out, it struck me: how quickly you have become one of Norwich.​

Yes. But I think my mentality simply fits here, and from the start people saw that we work hard and that the players give everything.​
And that is what supporters ask for as well.​


They can feel that you have brought a winning culture here.​
A culture of a team that not only wants to win but has to win.​
That “a bit less” is not enough.​

No, that’s right. And we’ve known each other for a long time.​
You know that has always been the case. It was like that when I was a player too.​
That has also been the case everywhere I’ve been as a coach.​
We have very, very young lads.​
Some boys are only 19 years old, playing at this level for the first time.​
So they still have a lot to learn, including learning the culture of what real winning is, and not winning once and then being so happy that the next match is worse again.​
But they all want to, all those players want to get to the Premier League here.​
Yes, then you have to perform every three days and always be on your toes.​
And you also have to build that internal competition in training to push each other to a higher level.​
And I see that more and more every week, and because of that the team is growing as well.​
Worst day in the 10 weeks we’ve been here.​
No, you shouldn’t come by train anymore, the train didn’t want to bring you.​
Then it’s by boat, and now there is freezing rain and the floodlights are on.​
We have never had the lights on this early.​
Because this is apparently the driest region in all of England.​


Yes, I’ve heard that. Yes. Yes, I see it.​

Yes. You brought bad weather with you, that’s the conclusion.​
Those guys are all saying: “No more Belgians. No more Belgians are allowed to come.”​


If you have to compare Norwich’s level with the teams you have coached in recent years, where would you place them?​
Would you put them below Monaco, below Club Brugge, above Rangers? Where should we place this league and your team?​

That is a very difficult question.​


That’s what I’m here for, Flip.​

Yes. Yes. I’ve known you a long time, right?​
No, because comparing leagues is already difficult.​
With this group, there is so much young talent to develop.​
And that’s what I’ve always loved: making young people better, forming a group, creating a family, and doing it in a good atmosphere.​
An evening like yesterday, when you see all that euphoria in the stands and from your staff and your players, and you compare that with 10 weeks ago when it was the opposite, those are the things that give you the fuel to do this job.​


I want to wish you lots of success, thanks for the chat.​

And come back to Norwich again soon.​

Yes, I’ll come back in the summer when the weather is better.​

Posted By: footymadman on February 2nd 2026 at 02:57:31

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