00:00Signings this summer, I want to take you back to Sandro Tonali, who faces Newcastle.
00:06Tottenham never spent £100m on one player before.
00:10It's something that makes the football world stand up and take notice.
00:14Why is he worth such a big fee?
00:17Perché vale tanto, perché è stato un investimento più grande che il Tottenham abbia fatto
00:22su un giocatore a livello economico.
00:26Do you want to speak about Tottenham or do you want to speak about the big teams in the big
00:32clubs in the Premier League?
00:34Because we can increase the discussion, no?
00:41Because the discussion is the transfer market price in the Premier League.
00:47Are they right or not?
00:50I think the answer is that the Premier League is a different transfer market.
00:56The value of the players in the Premier League are totally different than the other markets in Europe.
01:04And Sandro Tonali is that value because he is one of the most important midfielders in the Premier League.
01:17He received two big offers for two big clubs in the Premier League.
01:25It's not correct to say the clubs, but two big clubs, they fight with us to bring him and he
01:33wanted to come here.
01:34I heard the fans very happy for this sign, for Sandro sign.
01:42And we have to accept like the players who we sold.
01:47I think there are players who sold with a big price and we brought players with a big price.
01:55Tonali is still 26 years.
01:58It's not 30 years.
02:01If you analyze the transfer market in Premier League, you can see players of 30 years paid around the price
02:13of Sandro.
02:14So what is the true, what is the answer?
02:21I don't know, but I think the value of Tonali in this transfer market, in this country, in this league,
02:31now, in 2026, is the price of one of the best midfielders in Premier League.
02:39How important was it, after two seasons, when Premier League finishes something good enough for this club,
02:45that you went out and made a big impact in the transfer market?
02:48No, they make the difference, the behaviour and the ambitions of the owner.
02:59Because these players are not here for me or because I need them.
03:08I am a dependent, I am not the owner, but the ambitions of the owner made the difference.
03:17For sure, because the owner pushed to close the players.
03:24And the owner ambitious is so big.
03:28The right to transfer for every one of us, the players, the board, the staff, myself, the motivation to do
03:40better, some better.
03:43And then we can't forget we are Tottenham, Tottenham deserve Tottenham as a history, Tottenham as a stadium, Tottenham as
03:52a fans.
03:53They deserve to compete for the top of the table.
03:56I don't know if we are able from now, but the plan is to achieve that level.
04:06And just lastly, Alessandro, what qualities does he bring that can transform your team in the field?
04:13And what kind of mindset will you have going up against the old team so soon into the season?
04:26Alessandro, sincerely, is much better than I thought before to work with him.
04:33And I already said many times, smart guy, smart player, very clean with the ball, maybe can see one player
04:47more of quantity and less quality.
04:50It's not true. It's complete. The midfielder can play as a 6, as an 8.
05:01He has the right intensity to play in this Premier League and we are very happy for him.
05:11Dave?
05:13Yeah.
05:14When you look at your front line, you have 7 established options now.
05:20Now Marvish has come.
05:22Would one more, bearing in mind you've got no Euro, would one more make it 8 too many?
05:30You have 7 players in the moment. Considerando che non giochi in Europa, ne aggiungessi uno, ne basti a 8,
05:36non sarebbero troppi?
05:42Normally, to build a squad for 45-50 games, hopefully, for a season, you need 2 players for every position.
06:01If you look at the last squad, when I came last season, there were more than 8 attackers, if you
06:14consider number 10 also.
06:15I'm not considering number 10 in this, by the way. Just to say.
06:217, who? Kudus? Savio? Savio?
06:28Kudus? Savio?
06:29Kudus? Kudus? Savio? Kudus? Savio?
06:29S收io?
06:30Vadim? Salaki?
06:31Kudus? Savio?
06:32Odoberth is injured for a long time. Before the Feb or March not available.
06:41And then maybe one of these players can leave before the end of the transfer market, I think we are
07:02not too many players.
07:05And also if you consider the last season not for Tottenham in Premier League, all teams, all clubs suffered many
07:18injuries and we have Kudus after six months injury.
07:23I hope and I will be very very happy to see Kuluzeski inside and I want to put Kuluzeski inside
07:34of the list because he is working very well, very hard.
07:40He is a good guy and he is a different player.
07:46Xavi Simons before March, April is not ready.
07:54And so I think we need players, this number of the players.
08:00I was just going to ask you about Kuluzeski as well.
08:04You almost answered the question but are you definitely going to put him on the Premier League list?
08:09I would like to put yes. If he feels good like now, he is improving day by day.
08:22He is great watching him during the season and also because he deserves, because he suffered too much for his
08:36career, for his age, for his level of human.
08:41No, as a player, I am speaking as a human and he deserves to stay inside of the list.
08:51Can you tell us where you went for dinner?
08:57Where?
08:58Where?
08:59Where?
09:00Italian restaurant and I pay the bill.
09:03You pay.
09:04Yes, so you don't write the problem me and the club for the preseason in Australia.
09:14Because it's false, it's not true.
09:21And we went to Italian restaurant and we ate very, very well.
09:29I don't expect any secrets obviously, but can you tell us, do they remain ambitious?
09:35Did they tell you things that encouraged you? Did you talk about transfers or other things?
09:41No, all these things, because it's a normal relationship.
09:50We went before Chelsea game last season with Vinay and Johan.
09:57And it's a part of our job to organize, to make the last plan in the last days of transfer
10:08market.
10:09To speak about the condition of the players, the strategy to do in these three, four days.
10:20Nothing more, but there is a, sincerely, there is a great relationship with all of them.
10:28I'm not pushing to, maybe it's the first time I didn't push to complete the squad.
10:37They pushed, owner pushed to bring the top player or Johan Lange, for example, was brilliant in terms of ideas
10:50to make a solution, to give solution.
10:53Also Vinay, I remember when we closed Tonali, he made a video call to me, I was on holiday and
11:04he was a smile like this, very happy.
11:08Because it's not my business, the transfer market. I worked for Tottenham to make Tottenham better than the last two
11:19seasons.
11:20The last two seasons is not Roberto won the players. No, Roberto works for Tottenham and he wants like the
11:29board, like the staff, like the players, the better, the best team we can do.
11:36May I ask you one about, also about home form? Last year, terrible, in the Premier League at Tottenham Stadium.
11:48What have you done to change it? I read about…
11:51Nothing, nothing. For me nothing, because I played with three games at home, two draws and one great one. And
11:59I can speak about my time, not before.
12:02And we played Brighton, Leeds and Everton. Brighton, maybe the best game in Tottenham Stadium. We lost two points. With
12:13Leeds, not a great game, but a good game enough to win the game.
12:18And Everton was a special day for me, for my memories, for my life. I don't want to change nothing
12:26for my time. We won in Carabao two days ago.
12:34Yes, maybe we conceded a goal with Carabao. I was not so happy, but as a performance, as a quality
12:43of the play, it's good. We have to consider many players inside, yes.
12:52But if the players are good players, it's a good news.
12:59Three wins, the assists. Three wins, the victory, the score is the goal.
13:06No. I won one time with me on the bench. And I can't say nothing before my time. It's not
13:17correct.
13:18There were different coaches, different problems, I think. Different mood. And I don't know what happened in that period.
13:32OK, we've got time for one more. Anyone? Jack?
13:37In terms of the home form, do you think that your idea of football that's well suited to games where
13:47you're controlling, you're dominating the ball, controlling the game and creating lots of chances?
13:52Yes, I think it's one part, one important part. The other important part, maybe more important, is the spirit, the
14:04players show at the beginning of the game.
14:07Because I think if we start the right way, the games, the fans, they play like us, the 12 players
14:17are the fans. Otherwise, it's a big stadium, a big history of this club.
14:29The memories of this stadium is different than another normal stadium, but it's the price you pay if you want
14:39to stay in a big club.
14:42OK, thank you very much.
14:43Thank you very much.
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