Mateo Kovacic joined Walter Mazzarri for today’s press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Europa League fixture against St. Etienne.
“There is a small problem and that is that due to the injuries I always have to play. The coach wants to rest me but he can’t. I’m a bit tired but that’s how it is at the moment.”
Then Kovacic was asked about how close he is to renew his contract amidst rumors stating that a renewal is imminent: “It’s too early to talk about this because I have several years still left on my contract. A renewal is still far away, we will talk about it, we will see…”
Finally the Croatian magician was asked to give his thoughts on playing as a trequartista: “The role I have depends on the match. I like playing mezz’ala on the left, but I can also play as a trequartista as I did against Sampdoria when I floated to the left. The coach decides and I adapt” he concluded.
Yeah agree with you guys. He must be getting frustrated by being switched around so much and being so tactically restrained. The problem is that contract or not if we have a poor season it will be very hard to keep both Icardi and Kovacic if the big boys decide they want to pursue them.
Yep anyone can tell he’s not happy with the coach, and he is not the only one !
I can see that our star (or future star) player is frustrated with what is going on the team right now. Another bad signal. E.T. needs to do something quick