Diego simeon :
Q - Is the manager obliged to follow the spirit of the club?
Simeone -When we the managers arrive at a club, we need to understand its history. If we don't understand it, we are destined to have a worse than a better time. If I don't feel that essence, I don't go. From the moment I agree to go, the healthiest and noblest thing that the manager do is to ask: "What is the history of this club? And to mold your style of play to the history of that club, without ceasing to be you, from that very moment.
Ajax has a defined school. Barcelona have it, Juventus has it too. And Atlético de Madrid, too. Not [Real] Madrid. Because they alternate the different ways of playing based on the talent avalaible. And there are teams that are being born, like Guardiola's [Manchester] City, which doesn't have a history [of playing a certain way], but it is slowly closing in on what Guardiola is showing it as a path. And maybe in 10 years we'll say, "City plays in a certain way". We'll have to see if post Guardiola comes someone to change what he's proposing now. But of course it's important to manage the club's history; the fans need to see what's familiar to them, and it's easier for the players to get closer to what the club asks of them when the club has its history defined.