FC Barcelona Coach Rijkaard: "I am not leaving - I am committed to Barcelona!"

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FC Barcelona Coach Rijkaard: "I am not leaving - I am committed to Barcelona!"

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19th March 2007

FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has confirmed that he will not leave the Blaugrana for any other team, despite current rumours linking him with a move to AC Milan in the summer. Rijkaard has made it clear that he still feels he owes Barca after they took a risk in offering him the coaching job in 2003 following a brief spell in charge of lowely Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands:
I'm not thinking about coaching another team. I have enough work here and I am committed to Barcelona, even if everything depends on results, that's normal it won't be a surprise. I believe I owe a debt to Barcelona due to all the support they have given me and I have to keep going. When people put their faith in you and help you, you cannot turn your back on them.