The Al Ain team coach, Croatian Ivan Liko said that he is ready to be removed from his position if the club’s management believes that it is the reason for the team’s performance in the current period, pointing out that the “leader” fans have the right to express their views as they wish, indicating that he does not understand the Arabic language Therefore, he does not know what the fans said about him on social media after the tie against Al-Nasr in the last round.
The coach said in the press conference today before the Ajman meeting: "The fans have the right to express however you like, for me I am not fluent in the Arabic language and did not follow the comments that were written about me, what I would like to say is that if the club management feels that I am the problem with what the team is going through then they have The right to take any action, for me, I give all my experiences to serve this club. "
Liko, who leads Al Ain training since the beginning of the current season, added: "I love working in this club and continuing here. We are improving at the level of the entire team. As for why we are not at the top of the ranking, there are many reasons and I am not currently in this regard, but this is football and it is Generally the same. "
Al Ain coach continued, in his speech about the wave of anger of the fans: "After the Sharjah match, a group of fans spoke to me and told me that they had not seen in a long time before the team with this good performance, what is the truth 4 days ago the coach is at the top and then things turn against him but I think It's the riot and the love of football they have. "
Regarding whether the team is still at the center of the competition and the possibility of achieving the league title, Evan Liko said: "We are still in the title competition, we only played 8 games, there are still a lot of matches and points, we suffered from a numerical deficiency in many games, I think the opportunity is currently good during the winter transfer period to strike a balance with the support of the team, the other teams like Al Nasr have Alvaro Negredo and Al Jazeera have players like Mabkhout and Amouri. "