SRF Sport: Switzerland coach travelled to Milan to meet Jashari after transfer

Ardon Jashari will spend a while sidelined, but he can still develop for when he returns for AC Milan in a few months. 

How Jashari’s start in Milan has gone is really unfortunate. After being tracked and hunted for all summer, given the chance to play for the club of his dreams, he was injured in training by his own teammate.

Unfortunately, it wouldn’t ‘just’ be a knock. Instead, reports suggest a fractured fibula, which sees at least two months sidelined, though early predictions suggested three. A nightmare situation for a player only 23 years old.

Nevertheless, he has not been alone since moving to Milano, surrounded by the support of Milanisti.

Yakin and Jashari

According to SRF Sport, a Swiss news outlet, Murat Yakin visited him specifically, and the pair spoke in an interview of some kind, as MilanPress relays.

Yakin, seeing San Siro: “This is a temple of football. When you see something like this, it warms your heart.”

Yakin after Jashari’s introduction against Cremonese: “You can see Ardon is working hard. He’s already had two or three defensive duels. He’s shown what his qualities are. Offensively, it’s clear that it’s not easy to face such a defensive opponent.”

On Sunday morning, he met Jashari at the Yakin Hotel: “We have so many central midfielders [in the national team]. In the match against the United States, we looked great with Granit Xhaka.”

Jashari: “Yes, it was fun.”

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Yakin: “Yes, I think so too. It always takes a little patience, and then you, too, will meet expectations. The development is fantastic, and not just with the transfer.”

Jashari: “You’ve been a footballer yourself, you know what happens. I had to go through a difficult period of seven or eight weeks. Club Brugge didn’t want to accept me. Then I worked hard on my own until it worked out.

“I’ve been here for two weeks now. At such a big club, you can learn a lot that can then be applied to the national team. I’ve already had experience in the Champions League, too, so you feel more involved.”

Yakin: “You play for the league, for the cup, and then there are the Champions League matches. These are the moments you need to enter the national team with different expectations. This is noticeable. The players also perceive you differently within the team. You have to earn it.”

Imaginably, Jashari would be with the National Team now if it weren’t for the injury, and with World Cup Qualifiers against Kosovo and Slovenia awaiting, his support would have been a big aid.