Future Career Options
The sports news programme Urheiluruutu of the Finnish TV company YLE interviewed in February 2011 two former team mates of Litmanen’s about the possibility of his working for Ajax when he decides to quit his playing career. Former Ajax captain Danny Blind said the following:
| “ | Jari knows the door is always open for him as an assistant coach, as a youth coach, whatever in the club. We love Jari, and we know his qualities as a football player, but also as a coach, I think, so the door is always open for him. | ” |
Michel Kreek of the Ajax Academy was equally positive about this possibility:
| “ | It would be great if Jari would return here in Ajax, we played together, Jari came to Ajax when I played in the first team, and we saw him become a world player, so if that kind of player are willing to come back to Amsterdam, to Ajax, and put some of their experience into Ajax Academy, it’s only a great help for us. | ” |
He has also served as a TV-pundit for YLE during the Euro 1992 and Euro 2012. During the Euro 2012 he also wrote analysis and stories to Finnish magazine Ilta-Sanomat.
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