Speaking in the Peterborough programme, Jean Michaël Seri expressed the pride he feels at representing Fulham Football Club.
The Ivory Coast international has been a key member of Marco Silva’s promotion chasing side this season, and he’s delighted to be playing his part.
“This is a privilege for me,” he said. “I’m really, really happy, and I thank God every day.
“I’m very happy now to be building something with the team. Last time we went up I wasn’t here, this time I want to be able to say I was there, I helped Fulham get promoted. I would be proud to do that.
“Not only get promoted, but doing it with the right mentality. I want to look back and say, ‘That season we were Champions, and we did it so well.’ That is the main thing for me.
“The last two times Fulham got promoted was by the Play-Offs, but this year we want it to be different.
“We want to dominate the league, we have a feeling that we want to be Champions. Not just get promoted, we want to be Champions.
“That’s the main thing that’s changed in our mentality. If you say you want to be perfect, for sure you can be good. If you say that you want to be good, you might end up only being medium.
“That mentality to be perfect is something we have to put into every game.”
Seri featured 32 times for Fulham in the Premier League in 2018/19, but when asked if he has unfinished business in England’s top flight, the midfielder insisted that the Club’s progress is the priority.
“What’s more important, is Fulham has to stay in the Premier League,” he insisted. “Stay two seasons to start with, and then build from that and be there every year. I think they deserve it.
“I will give my all. It will be my first ambition, to help Fulham stay in the Premier League. I was there when Fulham got relegated [in 2019] and it was tough, it was very, very painful.
“If we are promoted, I will be proud to defend – and give everything to – the Club to stay in the league. This is my ambition, this is my objective.”
Silva’s first campaign at the helm has been a memorable one to date, and he’s certainly made an impression on Seri.
“Wow,” he replied when asked about his Head Coach’s influence. “When he first came, I spoke to him and he said he wanted us to be Champions.
“He told me his philosophy is very simple, that we had to follow the plan and the way he wants to play, and that if we follow it perfectly we can be successful.
“We are following what he’s demanding of all of us, so we will see what happens, but what he’s doing is very, very good.”
