00:13Hi guys, we'll start with the broadcast section that's got no embargo followed by an embargoed
00:18section for 10.30 p.m. tonight. No live tweeting during the broadcast section. Use the microphone
00:22provided. We've got a hard stop in 30 minutes. We'll ask for three questions a person.
00:25How many? How many minutes?
00:2730.
00:30No, we'll move on to the training. It's not important.
00:36Hi Roberto, how are you? You good?
00:38Yeah.
00:38Can you just get your reaction to the latest sign-in, Omar Mahmoush, Tottenham Hotspur?
00:43Great sign for us, a great player, another great player. Every one of us loves him as a player and
00:56we hope he can do
00:57what he is able. I think he can give more solutions in attack. We need players in attack capable to
01:09score goals, to play well with the ball also.
01:14Very fast player, great qualities and we are all happy.
01:19Very happy.
01:20Very happy.
01:22Is that done, do you think? Or maybe one more bomba left before the deadline time?
01:27No, I think Savio and Marmoush are bomba. I don't know what name, how you can call them, but they
01:42are a high level player.
01:48For sure.
01:50Obviously the deadline on Tuesday, do you expect any more business in or out? Anyone to leave?
01:56Backhand can be possible, out, in the transfer market. Like I said, last Tuesday is crazy and we have to
02:09be able to find the players,
02:13the new players, the new players, if some players go out, leave, or to make another player in. I don't
02:25know. It's different now.
02:31The transfer market is crazy. You can't understand the transfer market.
02:39Hi everybody, so good to see you. Tottenham against Newcastle.
02:43This is the most plain fish in the Premier League to never finish with the scoreline of 0-0.
02:48So if we go by that, we should expect a lot of goals this weekend. What do you want to
02:53do from your side in an attacking sense?
02:55Listen, Newcastle sold many players, many good players, but they close other very good players, young.
03:04It's a young team, quick players, good players, but we lost the first game in Brentford and I think we
03:18have to play better, much better.
03:21We have to fight in different ways and we need to make results for sure.
03:29Even we have new players. Another thing, without excuse, we played in our stadium, we are working well with the
03:42right atmosphere, with enthusiasm for the new players.
03:50It was a difficult game, tough game, but in the Premier League there are not easy games, simple games.
03:57After the last game you said we can show our qualities better, we need to show who we are and
04:02we need time to become a team.
04:04Is that time genuinely just the chemistry on the pitch or you need more time?
04:08Yes, but time to be better, but we don't have time to win the game.
04:17Any way we can win the game. Maybe we are not ready yet to play of our best in terms
04:26of physical condition, in terms of style of play, quality of play.
04:31But anyway, we have the quality enough right now to win the game and to play much better because it's
04:40normal to play better than we did in Brentford.
04:43And lastly, another one on Marmouche. How important is it that he can come in and play basically across the
04:49front three and add that versatility and is kind of prem-proven for you?
04:53Is it important he hits the ground running immediately or do you think again someone else that's going to need
04:57some time?
05:03Yes, I think he works well. He's a very smart player, understands football like a coach.
05:16I hope I'm like a coach and maybe not less and not more, but he understands football, he feels football,
05:26he can cover different positions on the pitch.
05:31Anyway, we need, we need, we need of all his qualities because we have not qualities like, like him on
05:41the, on our squad and was the perfect player.
05:48Hi Roberto, how are you?
05:50Hi, good.
05:51You described the transfer window as crazy. Is it time to have the transfer window shut before the season starts?
06:01It's a, it's a rule on the pit, on the football and we have to adapt. You can't change, like
06:06I said, we have to understand that you can't to understand but you have to accept.
06:12I think it's crazy by the end that we are very happy for the transfer market we have done until
06:17now.
06:17Because we signed all very good players, young players also because Mateus Fernandez and Savio are very young players and
06:34these are good things for the club because the potential of these two players is amazing.
06:39And we, we brought experience. Tonali, Robertson, Senesi and JP Van Eyke. Good guys because I think the atmosphere and
06:55the behaviour inside of the dressing room is important, like the qualities of the player in this moment of football.
07:03And I'm very, very happy. The transfer market has been more than my expectation at the beginning of the transfer
07:13market. Open.
07:16Last week you said you liked working with smaller squads rather than bigger squads. You brought in, what, seven or
07:24eight players this summer. I know some have already come but does that mean that you will probably be looking
07:29for more people to leave before or on Tuesday so you have that small squad?
07:35No, listen. I've been very clear with every player, with all players. If you speak clearly at the beginning you
07:48can't expect surprise. The player who want to leave, they left. The player, maybe we have some player who want
08:04to leave.
08:06And they are waiting for the offer. We are waiting for the offer. We are waiting for the offer. I
08:11think to stay here we, they have to feel proud, happy to stay here.
08:17A long season, happy to stay here. A long season. But it's an emotional season, I think. Because we are
08:24building a new project with new players after we stay up last season. And we need the right spirit. First
08:35of all, the right spirit. And then the qualities, the organisation of the play.
08:41But I can remove in my mind the right spirit at the beginning.
08:50I'm finally off the back of the game. If, let's say, I'm a player with you and I want to
08:56leave but nobody wants to buy them. How hard is that for you then throughout the season to have players
09:01who wanted to come but no one wanted to come and you're stuck with them?
09:10No, for me no. For me it's not a problem. If you want to leave and you have not found
09:20the offer, it's your problem, not my problem.
09:24I give respect. I kiss you, I hug you, but at the end. And you have to stay calm on
09:33the side of the dressing room.
09:35And not to speak too much because the rules have been clear at the beginning, at the end of the
09:41season. It's not my problem.
09:47Can I ask you about team news and also whether players like Savio, Marlouche, Koro, Van der Ven, are they
09:52fit enough to start?
09:54Yes, we are all in the right condition to play. Maybe Kudos can come on the bench. We have to
10:01see.
10:07We have to understand the beginning part of the game, like Savio, like Pedro. Marlouche is available to play.
10:19Maybe also at the beginning of the game. Robertson is like Udoge. Udoge is a good news for us because
10:31Udoge is very important.
10:33And he played well 60 minutes, like was the plan. All players remember me.
10:48Rico is sleeping, eh?
10:52With Marlouche obviously he is so versatile, but where do you see as investors?
10:57Is he a central striker?
11:01I think he can play centre striker, number 10, different number 10 than Gallagher, Madison, more attacker.
11:14But he is a player of big qualities. The most important is to have players with qualities.
11:22And then we try to find... Why I said... What is your name?
11:30Serena.
11:31Serena.
11:33Why I said we need time. Also for me to understand the balance, the connection in the first eleven, no?
11:45Because it's not like immediately, the understanding of the characteristics of the players.
11:56The team is eleven players and you have to find the connection, the balance between them.
12:04I hope I would like to find the right first eleven, but not the first eleven as our name or
12:14players.
12:15As our balance.
12:17The other balance you have to find as well. The Premier League squad rules. You have to have a certain
12:21amount of foreign players,
12:22a certain amount of home-ground players. How difficult is it to balance that?
12:26It's another good question. It's an important question. I think he's right. Because if we want the future of football,
12:35we have to put the eyes on the young players, the English players.
12:44And it's a normal part. Like when you have to give the squad for the Champions League or the European
12:52League plan.
12:55It's normal. It's one point. Maybe we can't speak too much about this, but it's an important thing.
13:07Hi Roberto. Just following on the injury front, with James Madison, how's he getting on?
13:13Yeah, James Madison has not a big problem, but he felt pain in Brentford on the shoulder,
13:21the left shoulder, I think. He's working, but I don't know if he's available for tomorrow.
13:30And Pat Matassar as well, a few fitness issues. How's he getting on?
13:36Pape, no, he's good. We have to see in the last day of the transfer market what can happen with
13:43him.
13:45I'll finish this section with George, please.
13:47Hi Roberto. Just with James Madison, does everyone need to be patient with him?
13:52Because he did have a big injury, he came back to help the team in May,
13:55but it is going to take time for him to build fitness when he is...
13:58No, with James, I think we have to find the right plan.
14:05We have to work consistently for three, four weeks, and then he's a different player.
14:15He's a different player on the pitch, out of the pitch, as a personality, as experience.
14:20He's a very positive guy. We are lucky to have James in our team.
14:31And just finally, if the transfer window ended now, would you be happy with what's happened so far?
14:38Listen, yes, because I told you ten minutes ago, I didn't expect one transfer market, one window like we have
14:56done.
14:56I think we can do one player more, in one specific position.
15:05But yesterday we went for dinner with the owner, with Vinay, with Johan and with Enrico.
15:19And we spoke about this, but we have all of us on the same page and there is a very
15:27good connection.
15:29We'll end the broadcast section there and move on to the embargo section for 10.30pm tonight. Tom.
15:34Hi Roberto.
15:35Hi.
15:35Hi Roberto.
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