00:00Alan, welcome to Manchester. How are you feeling with your arrival here at City?
00:05I'm very happy. I'm very happy with the way things come to happen.
00:11It's all different here, but I believe I'm going to adapt quickly.
00:16What were your thoughts when you discovered that City was interested in contracting?
00:21In the beginning I was a little tense, normal, but also very happy because
00:27this is a lot of work that I've been doing.
00:31So I believe that I'm very happy.
00:34Well, not everyone had the opportunity to see you play.
00:37Can you tell us what your style of game and what your points are?
00:43I'm a pointer, I'm also a pointer.
00:46I'm also a meia, I'm also a meia.
00:50My strength is drible, my characteristics, my strength.
00:54You started playing football with a lot of Brazilians.
00:57Do you think that this helped your development later?
01:01I believe that yes. I did good years of football.
01:05I think I was playing football.
01:08So I think that this helped me a lot when I migrated to the field.
01:11When you went to Palmeiras, you were still young.
01:14You had to have patience to achieve your opportunity.
01:18How was this process for you?
01:20It was a very hard process.
01:22I came to Palmeiras with 15 years.
01:25I left from Florianópolis, from my city.
01:27I went to São Paulo.
01:29It was a big city, so.
01:30So I think it was a lot of suffering.
01:32But I had people there to help me, to adapt.
01:37And it was a good process.
01:40Now you are moving to Manchester.
01:43You were a fan of the Premier League when you were younger?
01:46Yes.
01:47I followed a lot of the Premier League.
01:49The City in itself, I also watched a lot of games.
01:52There was no bad game in the Premier League, so I followed a lot.
01:57Well, you said that you followed a lot of games.
01:59What do you remember about the City?
02:01What do you remember about the City before you came here?
02:06We watched a lot in Brazil because of the beautiful football that the Manchester City is playing.
02:13When the Pep was here, it was the famous tic-tac.
02:18So I watched a lot and liked to see it.
02:21Well, the Victor Reyes had a similar path.
02:23He came from the Palmeiras to the City.
02:25Did you talk to him about the club?
02:28Something like that?
02:28Yes.
02:29He sent me a message, yes, when it was still happening.
02:33We still haven't talked about how it is here.
02:36But he said that when I arrived, he would be able to talk to me and tell me how it
02:41works.
02:42We had some fantastic brasileers here in the City that caused a good impact in the Premier League.
02:47What do you feel about the passing of Fernandinho, Ederson and Gabriel Jesus,
02:51who also played in the Palmeiras?
02:53A gente, who is a Brazilian, has good examples here.
02:56So I believe that we are confident to give our best, to give our best, to give our best,
03:02and to be more a good Brazilian here in the Premier League.
03:06This has been a moment of pride for you and your family.
03:10What is their importance in their journey to reach here?
03:14With the confidence they are very important.
03:17My father, my mother, my wife, my husband, who are with me,
03:20are people who are there from my side, when I am in a bad moment, when I am in a
03:27bad moment.
03:27So I think that this tells me a lot to talk about people who are there when I need to
03:32talk,
03:32when I need to open, when I need to help.
03:36My father and my mother were one of the people who most helped me during this journey.
03:41So I believe that they are here with me is quite important for me.
03:46You have a chance to meet our training center here in the club.
03:50What do you think about the city of Manchester?
03:53Did you get a look?
03:54I came recently and did not get to watch everything.
03:58I was in a moment of tension, I did not get to see anything.
04:04But I am sure I will go through the city and visit everything.
04:09And in the city, I also look for a lot to meet the city.
04:12I have a chance to meet the city.
04:13What about the chiefs, you came to talk with Hugo Vianna,
04:17with Enzo Maresca,
04:18to know how you would fit in the team?
04:22I talked with Hugo.
04:25He gave me all the tranquility and comfort to come here.
04:29He told me that I would have time.
04:30So the conversation that I had with him was very good.
04:33And it made me very comfortable.
04:35You came to establish any goals in the first season or long time?
04:40Any goals that you have here since your arrival at the city?
04:44I am focused a lot in adapting here.
04:47I am learning the most fast English,
04:51which is the language here.
04:53So I think I am focused a lot in adapting the most fast possible.
04:56And I am going to be able to achieve a good football.
04:59How excited are you going to play at the city in front of our team?
05:03I am very excited.
05:05I am very excited to feel the atmosphere of our team in the city.
05:09So I am very excited and nervous to come out soon.
05:14Well, congratulations on the contract with the city.
05:16Thank you very much.
05:17Thank you very much.
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