Farioli full of praise: “Samu could play for any top-3 team in the world” | OneFootball

Farioli stood out individually and, in an interview with Sport TV, praised Samu, a forward who, according to the coach, could potentially play in the “top-3 teams in the world.” The coach also praised Froholdt.

“He is improving a lot, honestly, thanks to his commitment, his mentality. At the beginning of the season, of course, we had some difficulties in somehow making him feel the possible benefit of what we were doing. In the end, Samu is… he is incredible, he is a player who, when attacking the space or when inside the area, is already an elite forward. But of course, for a team that wants to be dominant or has the ability to play in the opponent's half, there are also some things he had to improve. He is improving a lot, he is working hard. First, he understood the benefit, which is something that will make him a more complete forward. A forward who in the future, in my opinion, can play at the highest level in the top-3 teams in the world. Having this ambition for a young player like him, I think there is no alternative but to improve, to work, and once again, his openness to this… accepting to do, sometimes also, some individual work that you might do in under-13s, requires a lot of humility, a lot of self-reflection and self-awareness. And in this part, I think Samu honestly surprised me a lot because he is doing a great job, he is working very well. He is becoming physically better every day, able to compete with the ability to repeat intense actions more frequently… to press like a beast, to run back when it's time to run back… and also yesterday I think it was proof of his moment and his ability to become a more complete forward. And in this, I would also mention the importance of Luuk [de Jong] and Deniz [Gül]. Luuk, with his experience, required several conversations with him to explain some things, to make him feel the importance of certain things. So, as I said, everyone here so far is playing a very special role. And I hope that, in 2026, this is something we definitely need to maintain and do more and better in the coming months.”

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