Ruben Selles exclusive: Sheffield United manager on Gustavo Hamer, working under pressure and aiming for the top | Football News

Ruben Selles is not your average championship manager.

His trainer’s journey has already brought him to the four corners of the European continent, and now the new Boss of Sheffield United, newly appointed, is entirely focused on the return of the finalists of the playoffs last season in the Premier League.

Let go of Hull City after having held them until the last day, the call to replace Chris Wilder can have surprised some, especially after the previous difficulties in Southampton and Reading. However, saddles is excited by the opportunity to compete at the right end of the table for a change.

“We have been in the past three years to fight against different targets of the target that we have here at the moment, this is what makes him more exciting,” he said.

“Sheffield United is a well -known club. It is a huge fans base that supports the club, a city that loves club football with a big heart and a club that has succeeded in recent years.

“This is the thing we identify, and that is why we want to do it, because it is very powerful.”

Managers are often described as carrying their hearts on their sleeves, but on his arm, sells a literal reminder of how far he came.

Not good enough to be a professional player, he embarked on a coach career who started in Spain, took him to Greece and Russia, then from Norway to Denmark, via Azerbaijan. It is a heritage that he chose permanently in his right biceps in the form of a tattoo showing a world map.

“The first thing I learned is that I have to make things happen, I can’t wait. If I was waiting at home the opportunity to come, I will probably not be there to sit with you today, and it was a big lesson.

“If you want to make something move, you have to go try to be courageous and try to get it.

“As a coach, I worked in a class, for example, (at) FC Copenhagen, where you expect to win the Danish League almost every year, or other clubs like Qarabag where you are supposed to be dominant almost every minute there.

“So I know what pressure means and I am really happy to be able to have the chance to have this pressure here.”

The tattoos extend to the two elbows, where the stars represent each of his two children, a crown for his wife on the wrist, and on his back an image of a lion for himself, something to give him courage.

“When I did my tattoos, and I hope to do more in the near future, I want to put something that I will be really significant. So when I do the lion, it was some of the characteristics and out of something for the precise moment.

“I did not see myself as a brave character when I was a child. I just think I wanted to do it, and I wanted to work in football. I was not good enough player, so I wanted to be as close as possible for the players, so I decided to travel the university.

“At one point, it also went with the way I should support my family while working, so it was a little courageous. It can be a big word. I don’t know if it was courageous, but I decided to do it and I did it.”

For a man who has drawn such an epic road just to get to this point, it may not be surprising that he already looks beyond the winning promotion with Sheffield United, to give himself a chance to fight in the Premier League.

“The target of this club should always be to reach the summit and we will not hide me,” he adds.

“Few clubs were able to make this promotion and then stay in the league, so it is a question of how we are durable.

“I think at the moment, in terms of football and everything … We are far from this level, we will fight to be back at this level.”

It is also clear that he prefers to jump with the championship player of the year Gustavo Hamer by his side, whose performances have naturally led to links with a summer movement.

“I want him to be a Sheffield United player when the market is closed. Obviously, I cannot control what will happen with the future because the market is so fluid and dynamic, but my intention is just to keep it as one of our key players.

“If we can keep it, it means that we will be in a really powerful place to reach our goal”

Not that sales take anything for granted in a notoriously difficult league.

He will start working with the players next week when they show up for pre-season training, before a hot time camp in Spain where no match is planned, and there will be hours on the training field.

“It’s ruthless and you need to be able to keep this level for nine or 10, almost 11, if you go to the play-offs.

“Expect a very difficult competition this year, but we expect my team to be also very difficult to beat this year.”