Trossard from Arsenal shares his ambition to transition into coaching career

Trossard shared with arsenal.com, "I recently completed my A License coaching certification. The on-pitch aspect was enjoyable, leading sessions and drills, but the theoretical component was quite challenging for me. Designing training sessions required a lot of effort and thought. It's easy to take for granted all the preparation that goes on behind the scenes when you're a player. But when you have to do it yourself, you realize the level of detail and planning involved."

"Even the things like the coaches need to referee in training as well. When the ball goes out of play, the players will moan, but when you do it yourself you see it’s not always the easiest call to make!”

On the style of play he would employ, Trossard continued: “It would be to play attacking football. Play nice, offensive football. I’ve learned a lot from the coaches I’ve worked with. I’ve worked with some great coaches and I think I could have some good ideas from them, but I’m not sure if I would do it. Obviously being a head coach is a lot – a lot of work. They spend so much time at the training ground, it’s actually crazy.

“But the older I get, the more I enjoy the analysis side of it too. Before I never had any interest in that, but I think I’ve developed more in that way as well. I want to know more about my stats, what I do in games and I think it’s also a good way to recover, when you know how you feel after the work you’ve done. We have a tough schedule, so any stats you can use to help recovery is great for that.

“There was none of that when I started in Belgium. We went on the pitch, trained, then went home!”