The family pressed in a horizontal cup, not money. Teemu Pukki also thought about his national team career when he chose HJK.
Name Pukki on the back, number 20.
A familiar sight returns to Töölö’s artificial grass this year when Teemu Pukki For a long time, we wear a HJK shirt.
-The hair has changed to a beard, Pukki fetched at the Bolt Arena event as he watched the videos on the screen from his goals against Schalke.
At HJK, it is hoped that the team will make him the same paint gun as he was already abroad.
The 34-year-old Pukki wondered that it might not be quite as fast as 13 years ago. But almost.
– When my transfer to HJK was confirmed, I immediately contacted the club’s physics coach Joni Ruuskanen. We once played together in Kotka. Now I gave Jon a pretty free hand to design a program to get me in a tough condition.
The pre-flavor of a hard workout already came at the Turkish camp with HJK. There, according to Puki, the group worked harder than ever.
– The legs are still a little stuck.
The year of disappointment
Teemu Pukki returns to the stadium, which he made abroad more than 10 years ago. Pasi Liesimaa
Santa spoke. When he left Norwich and headed to MLS to Minnesota United, he said it was the last contract of his career abroad.
The beginning was great. Last year, on the other hand, a bad disappointment. As a star player, the striker fell in the team’s hierarchy. The game time collapsed. Also, the same old buck was no longer seen in the national matches.
– The top feeling is disappointing. Of course I got some good money from there, and my first year was pretty great. Last year really didn’t go to the button.
– It had a lot of influence on the playing field that I was alone for most of the year when my family was already living in Helsinki. Our oldest child went to school and we thought the best option was to start it in Finland.
The plan became clear last summer: the season in the United States and then return to Finland. The alternatives were HJK and the breeding club KTP. The choice was the first.
In the horizontal cup, a family was primarily pressed, and he can now finally return to.
Another major reason was the Finnish national team. Pukki still wants to play at the Olympic Stadium, which stands next to HJK’s home stadium.
– So soon a new head coach should be talked about Jacob Frisian with.
High pay
Pukki plans to put himself in good shape. Pasi Liesimaa
When the money came to the point, Pukki immediately pulled a clear line.
– The salary was not the main thing for me. Other things went ahead and I wanted to come to Finland to play. Money was by no means an important role, Pukki said.
In Minnesota United, Puki’s seasonal salary was $ 3.5 million (about $ 3.39 million). Returning to Finland meant a significant drop in salary.
From HJK’s Sports Director From Petri Vuorinen They were uded to the size of Santa’s salary on Tuesday’s media event. Is Santa’s pay even record on a Finnish scale?
– Santa takes about 5-10 percent of our player budget, Vuorinen said.
– It is quite clear that players of Santa are well paid. However, it is noteworthy that Santa did not come after the money. HJK has previously been paid well for players. Is Santa’s salary on an insane club scale? There is no. Is it hard? There is.
The estimate is interesting, as at the beginning of last season, HJK announced EUR 2.2 million as a player budget. The share of Santa would mean a $ 110,000-220,000 investment on the same budget.
Renewed club
Toni Highland now gets the opportunity to show. HJK’s last season ended with a huge disappointment. Pasi Liesimaa
Already now, Pukki is the most watched star in the Veikkausliiga season in April.
Head coach Toni of the High Committee In the braces, giant procurement is suitable for the puzzle.
– We need to make more runs to a depth than last season. That skill in Puk has.
The highlight now gets the opportunity to show. Last season, he arrived in the middle of the season and tried to save HJK from the crisis. However, the game did not show signs of development under “Toke”. The club eventually stayed bronze.
Between the lines, you can read that now a better coaching team has been stacked around the High Committee. Miika Nuutinen Pesti as TPS’s head coach ended and returned to the HJK organization, this time as an assistant coach.
Sports Director Vuorinen highlighted Nuutinen himself in front of the media.
– Nuutinen adds value to us. He has clear designs and principles on how to practice and play. It has brought new design.
The College raised the same things.
– He is very good at organizing the game. He also has an eye for the details and is able to grab things. In the training field, he is quite excellent.
– We need to be more active, aggressive to press and be able to attack better with different rhythms next season.