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with our recovery we will have a bigger squad and the coach will have more to choose form. Also there will be more competition for places and that drives players to a higher level."

Even without you guys the team is still in contention for all competitions.

"In general everything has gone perfect, because in any team there are things to improve on, but that is done in the dressing room and we will do that same as we normally do."

Has the criticism of the team surprised you?

"No. We probably deserved a lot of the criticism because people have got used to seeing more that what we have shown lately. The people want to see us play as we normally do and since lately we haven't played so well we get criticism but that's football and to progress you just got to accept that. I'm happy my team mates have dealt with it quite well."

Rijkaard will probably have a full strength squad for the final decisive phase of the season. We should be optimistic?

"We should always be optimistic. We must have the hope of winning trophies again. We have a great squad and hopefully we will also get a bit of the luck of champions." fin de l'interview du 9