Askou wants 'aggressive not passive' Motherwell

New Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou wants his players to beryllium "aggressive".

Former IFK Gothenburg brag Askou, 42, has replaced Michael Wimmer successful the Fir Park dugout and his archetypal games successful complaint volition beryllium successful adjacent month's League Cup first-round radical stage.

Well volition play Clyde, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir and Greenock Morton. Askou's archetypal Scottish Premiership fixtures volition beryllium successful aboriginal August.

"I'm present to marque [the players'] dreams travel true," said the Dane.

"I person to propulsion them each time and thatch them that they tin really bash much than they deliberation they tin do. I deliberation that's my astir important job."

And helium added: "Managing style-wise, I judge successful being aggressive, I judge successful attacking. We onslaught the hostile if we person the shot oregon if we don't person the ball.

"I don't similar passive football. I judge successful taking the inaugural and I privation my players to explicit themselves connected the pitch, to amusement immoderate joy, immoderate passionateness and respect for the game."

Askou cited "the passionateness astir shot from the supporters" from his spell arsenic a subordinate with Norwich City from 2009-11 arsenic helium prepared to instrumentality to the UK.

"The passionateness besides from the players, I truly thrived connected that due to the fact that I americium besides precise passionate astir shot and winning," helium explained.

"I truly anticipation to acquisition that again arsenic a manager and a coach. That's thing I enactment on, being bully capable to spell determination and spot what I tin bash with a British team."