The two sides of Greece boss Gus Poyet - a revolutionary with a fondness for musicals

David Sneyd GARY DICKER ISN’T quite sure but he reckons that Gus Poyet’s favourite musical is Grease.

“He is so passionate for the game. He helps you learn as a player, he makes you better. He has an aura and the kind of personality that players gravitate towards. He cares about his players and the game, but you know there is that other ruthless side to him too.” The respect he maintains is mutal, as Poyet explained this week in the build up to Greece’s Euro 2024 qualifier with the Republic of Ireland. “You can’t imagine how important Gary was for me at Brighton,” he said.

“But what was different is that he meant it. Usually, in the first game, if something goes wrong it’s ‘right, we’re not playing that, f***ing get it long’. But the manager stuck with us. The message was clear and the hardest thing is to get buy-in from players. He got us all together.” “He wanted us to make teams suffer so he made sure we were able to by how hard we worked in training.

“He had belief in you and wanted you to have it too,” Dicker continues. “He wanted you to play with courage all of the time.” Read Next Related Reads Troy Parrott on Cannon's call, his 'up and down' season and why he wants to prove himself at Spurs 'He is not massive on social media, which is a good thing' - Collins heaps praise on humble Ferguson

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