Luka Jović: the presentation press conference

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00 Good afternoon, Luca. Welcome to Milan. Did you always believe after the rumours in June

00:10 that were linking you with Milan that you could actually sign for the Rossoneri? Did

00:16 you always believe throughout this long summer transfer window?

00:26 First and foremost, it's a great honour and I'm delighted to play for such a big, important

00:33 club such as Milan and I'll do absolutely everything in my power to have success and

00:39 to allow the team to achieve our goals whilst I'm here. Yes, the situation developed as

00:47 it did but my first desire was to come to Milan. So besides all of the other offers

00:56 that I received, I decided to wait for this club and that ultimately paid off because

01:02 ultimately I moved to Milan. Sky, I'd like to ask you two questions. First and foremost,

01:10 it wasn't only this summer, it's been a number of years that Milan and Jovic have been linked

01:15 to one another. Could you talk us through when you were first in touch with the club

01:20 and we can see that you've got a big smile on your face for finally being here.

01:26 Yes, I was pleased and we have been in touch for a number of years and I think it was around

01:35 three summers ago when I was playing for Real Madrid. I had direct contact with the then

01:43 technical director Paolo Maldini and I said that I wanted to come to the club. Unfortunately,

01:50 things didn't quite pan out. This summer they did and I'm delighted about that.

01:55 Another question from a technical perspective, Milan are now playing a different 4-3-3 compared

02:01 with what they did in previous seasons. You need to be the alternative to Giroud. What

02:07 can you learn from a player who's 37 years old, who's won a great deal and who now maybe

02:13 needs a few minutes break every now and then? Perhaps you've come here at the right time.

02:21 Olivier is a great footballer. If I'm not mistaken, I believe he's France's all-time

02:27 leading goalscorer. He's played for some top sides such as Arsenal and Chelsea and he had

02:34 a great deal of success at all of these clubs. He scored goals for them as well. So I'm sure

02:40 that I'll be able to learn something from him day in, day out and I will work hard to

02:46 learn something from him. And if necessary, I hope to replace him as best as possible.

02:52 Hi Luca, welcome to Milan. At Eintracht Frankfurt you became very good friends with Ante Rebic.

03:00 You were a very good strike force. I wanted to ask you if he said anything to you, have

03:06 you spoken to him, has he told you anything about Milan? Earlier on we were talking about

03:12 deadline day. You were in Milan, I was at Casa Milan, I saw you arrive that day. Can

03:18 you talk us through the wait that you had there because the hours and minutes were ticking

03:23 down. What was it like? Yes, I played with Ante Rebic in Frankfurt and we spent some

03:37 nice time together, we played together and I did speak to him when I moved here. He wished

03:42 me all the best. He said, look, this is a really big club and he spoke to me about the

03:49 real positives about this club and I hope that I can play and get worthy results here

03:58 at the club. As for the second portion of the question, yes, in a sense I was willing

04:08 to stay at Fiorentina and would have accepted whatever came to pass. Obviously, however,

04:14 I did want to wait as long as possible to wait for this to get over the line, to come

04:20 to Milan and ultimately that was successful and I was delighted about that. Hi Luca, welcome

04:27 to Milan. Why won't you make a mistake? Why won't you get this wrong? What makes this

04:35 such a great opportunity for you to turn your career around from Real Madrid onwards, the

04:41 way your career has taken a turn for the worse? I think you're right. This is a huge step

04:52 forward, the move from Fiorentina to Milan, so it is a step up. I have dropped off a bit

05:07 when I moved to Real Madrid. From then onwards, things haven't necessarily panned out as best

05:12 as possible. I didn't have a great deal of luck, but now I'm part of one of the biggest

05:17 clubs in the world and I hope that this can work out well for me and I hope that if I

05:26 work hard I can get back to my best performance levels. Hi Luca, very quickly I'd like to

05:32 ask you what characteristics does the ideal coach need to have for you because you had

05:39 Adi Huter for Frankfurt when you were scoring lots of goals. What was the secret of that

05:47 season? If I knew the secret, then I think I would have scored a similar number of goals

06:02 in subsequent seasons. I think that year I think everything just really fell into place.

06:11 I fitted very well into the team and the team adapted to me, so he was an excellent coach

06:17 and he certainly brought my performance levels up. And now I've come to Milan and with the

06:28 new head coach Stefano Pioli I do hope that I can once again have success and I can get

06:33 back to those performance levels and once again score a handful of goals. Hi Luca, I

06:38 wanted to ask you, given that you came in on deadline day, are you ready to already

06:44 start in upcoming matches or do you think you still need a bit more time to get to grips

06:49 with things? I think I might need a little bit of time but I don't know necessarily how

07:01 much time I do have available. With regards to pre-season I'm not necessarily 100% fit

07:07 at this moment in time, so I'm going to have to really knuckle down and work hard in the

07:14 coming days to be ready for our next matches. I've already started working with the fitness

07:22 coaches and I am following a very specific plan. I'm doing a bit more work than the rest

07:29 of the team, other things less, but I'm doing absolutely everything in my power to get back

07:34 to what I was before. Hi Luca, I'd like to come back to the subject matter about the

07:39 head coach. I'm sure you've already spoken to Stefano Pioli. What did he say to you when

07:43 you first moved here? Pioli told me that he believes in me and he feels that we have to

07:57 work very hard. I have to follow what he asks of me and I'm sure that we will work together.

08:06 I need to stress once again what a pleasure it is to work with Stefano Pioli. I've had

08:12 a really warm welcome from the players, from the team and I hope to really pay back that

08:19 faith as best as possible. Coming back to your former clubs, what was it that didn't

08:24 actually work well and have you set any targets since your arrival here at Milan? I don't

08:39 want to necessarily say that things didn't work out, but when you look at my campaign

08:45 last term with Fiorentina, sure I didn't score as many goals as maybe people expected of

08:52 me, the Real Madrid signing that moved to Fiorentina, but given that I had barely played,

08:58 barely kicked a ball for three years, I did expect a season of ups and downs. Ultimately

09:04 I scored 13 or 14 goals and laid on another five in terms of assists. But when I think

09:11 about the time I've spent on the pitch, I think that was a pretty good output for someone

09:16 who hadn't played a great deal consistently over the previous three years. And these were

09:20 important goals which contributed to the team's results and I hope that I can score as many

09:27 goals as possible to really make people happy. What does Milan mean to you and what do you

09:33 need to get back to the level we saw from you when you played in Germany? As a kid I

09:42 grew up supporting Milan and everyone around me, my dad, my friends, we're all Milan fans.

09:53 So this really is a childhood dream come true ever since Milan got in touch with me even

09:58 a few years ago. So finally this situation came to pass. I'm ready to work 100% and during

10:06 every training session I try and learn something new and I try and contribute during the matches

10:12 to try and get the best possible results. Hi Luka, speaking of your father, his name

10:19 is Milan so that's a nice coincidence. How important has he been in your career and how

10:25 much of a say did he have in your call to come to Milan? Both my father and my mother

10:37 have made a great deal of sacrifices for me. They've done everything in their power for

10:43 me to make it this far and I'm hugely grateful for all that. I always used to train with

10:49 my dad when I was a kid growing up and I think he's as delighted as I am at this moment in

10:56 time. We speak to each other every day and he says, "Son, keep working. You're where

11:02 you're supposed to be." And I hope I don't disappoint him. One final question, Mauro.

11:07 Luka, you've played in Belgrade, Frankfurt, Madrid, Florence, all big cities, now Milan.

11:15 It's a big high-pressure footballing city. Are you ready to withstand the pressure and

11:20 overcome it? Absolutely. Quite simply, in football you need to be used to pressure.

11:41 Both in good times and bad times. You need to quickly forget the negative things because

11:47 things move so quickly in football from one game to another when it comes to pressure.

11:52 And when you play for a top club like Milan, we're players that are used to this sort of

11:58 pressure. We have to combat it. Some people don't manage it. Some people are better at

12:03 it than others. But I don't think I should have any issues on that score. I never have

12:09 had any problems with standing pressure, but we'll see. Thank you very much, everyone.

12:13 Thank you.

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