Edgar Davids

Edgar Steven Davids (born March 13, 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Quotes When I look at the English team and I see them play, I'm not a great fan. I know they have talent but it's not developing right now. It needs a lot of work. I played for Barcelona, for Ajax, where it's important to develop and integrate young talent. In this country, they need to think about that. Invest in youth. I played street soccer, that's where I started. If you look at South America, that's why they have technical players. Marco van Basten did it at an amateur level and there are a lot of coaches that started low. We will see if I have the capabilities of reaching the highest level. Do I want that? I saw [Pep] Guardiola and [Frank] Rijkaard when they started and saw them age with grey hair. I'm too good looking for that so want to stay here. We could have already done that. So why wait? I believe Mark and I can pull it off. We will have some fights but the bottom line is to fight to get results. There are cynics in football. Ninety-nine per cent of football clubs would have sacked their head coach by now but we have faith in Mark and feel he is a perfect fit for the club. It's a job for life for Mark with his ability as he is a highly qualified technical coach. I saw it's quite physical, but I'm not going to under-appreciate it or undervalue it. I have respect for every level of football. Edgar Davids says he joined Barnet to help save English football, February 12 2012 External links Category:Soccer players from the Netherlands Category:1973 births Category:Living people