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Guardiola on fantastic Grealish and managing 48-week City season
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09/08/2024
Guardiola on fantastic Grealish and managing 48-week City season - embargoed section
09/08/2024
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nine roll I don't know we have a ton teeth and we see if we need someone and
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we have we have a very very good players can play there and every play of course
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you Erling doesn't play his particular skills we don't have he's not this
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replacement but we have another alternatives and and we'll see until the
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end of the market if we really need you know when a striker for just in case
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make a backup from Erling but Erling is not going to play all the skills they
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have ahead of us and with all games he's not able to play all of them so that's
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why I have to think about it if you have another solution. Just on Erling you said
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last week I think it was the sooner or later he's gonna have to make a step up
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in training after you said he wasn't feeling comfortable is that is that a
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case of his injury at the time or do you think given what happened last year he
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may be not fully trusting his body possibly? No the last season injured was
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the bone in the knee in the feet so that's why it's not usual and muscular
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some needles but we can handle it really well since the right head I don't
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remember maybe a real injury for muscular issues but of course a lot of
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games I've seen for Danes and I said many times he's massive you know to
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recover from falling is much much quicker for him move his body you know
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that's why I take care of him differently what happened in the States
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he make a really one week here before travel to the tour in the United States
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of America and there have some needles and last game against Chelsea he felt
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you know better better and yeah we are going to take care of him like the other
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ones. Just ask with saying about kind of it takes him longer to recover how how
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difficult is that to manage when you've got someone that's a completely
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different stature to the two other players do you have to give him a
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slightly different program to follow? Yeah more indeterminable massage more
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take care of yourself I would like Garling to be focused 24 hours in his
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profession in the game and and after when we're the training depends on how
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he feels we have more or less you know good important when you have these
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schedules arrive in the best condition as possible at the moment of the game
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training sessions are not important. Important is just to be ready in the game
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when you have long weeks you have time the training sessions are so important
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when you have these 3-4 days at all it's just 5-10 minutes energy the game
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otherwise the human being cannot sustain that impossible we play 12 months
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arriving the last stages of the World Cup if at the end is being played it's
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12 month competition tell me one sport that make 12 months competition every
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3-4 days international break I go to to see my dad in Barcelona okay to say how
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do you feel that but they go to the national teams and they play 2-3 more
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games so 12 months every 3-4 days no basketball no tennis no golf any sports
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can do that and isn't sustainable so that's why you have to it's what it is
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so breathe a smile and some fighting minutes the concepts and energy the game
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is the only solution I find if you want to the players will have seven players
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available we will train a lot seven players available so and rely on his
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incredible mentality relying his incredible capacity and understanding
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the game every game did a little detail in in the zone now we have these weeks
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this week we have to train but when you start after international break I would
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say in September everything for this game forget about it we are a beast
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office men I've got to get your view of the strength of the squad in general
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obviously you've signed one player but you're gonna lose Julián does that make
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the squad weaker now than it perhaps was 12 months ago well Sergio left like
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I want to say thank you so much to Sergio as well so I know it's not you
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have maybe the minutes he deserved but his contribution in the locker room and
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what he has done in the training sessions is one of the success we had in
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the last season especially last season the travel we had in last season we
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have incredible people accept his role and said he was I wish him the very best
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honestly the very best in real society can can can find his place and playing
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playing the minutes so he left and Julián left and came up Xabio, Nico Reilly
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and Makati so that is the situation right now and we'll see if we have to
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add someone else in the future does it concern you at all that the Arsenal
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have added quite an expensive defender Man United have spent money to bring in
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two players does it concern you?
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yeah many years have done it
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many years
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but it's no news
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it's just when City spent money
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it doesn't concern you ahead of a new season?
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of course I'm concerned for many years
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how good they are
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because every year they are better and better
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and getting better
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so we see Arsenal playing
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it's the same level as last season
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so the game against Leverkusen is
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they are on fire
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every year it looks like more and more difficult
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United will be back
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but players and everyone
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everyone won the crown
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that we have for four years
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so it's simple as that
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they understand it
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it's how we defended this crown
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how we have to do
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and we'll see
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I'm very pleased with the squad
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really pleased for the quality of the human being
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and the quality they have as players
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but I said
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no chance
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but this season maybe it's going to happen
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until the end of the market
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I don't know yet
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we have to talk and we'll see what happens
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hi Pep
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you said a minute ago
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that your energy levels had risen
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in the summer
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because you saw things that you liked
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from the team, from the squad
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just tell us what those things are please
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sorry
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you said that your energy levels had risen up
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in the summer
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I'm drained
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but arriving and starting with the guys
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the training sessions
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lose some games in pre-season
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what we can improve
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some things at home we can create differently
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we can do that
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maybe better for the quality of this player
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than the other one
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yeah, ok, let's go
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I don't have to run
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I'm all the time sitting
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so I can sustain that situation
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can I just ask you about
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Jack Grealish as well, seems quite a
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big season for him, obviously very disappointing
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for him not to get picked for the Euros
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how much do you sense that he's got that motivation
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now to get back to his best
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what I've seen so far
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one week here in the pre-season
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I love it
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and I don't care how we perform
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it's every training session
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it's commitment and he's trying
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and against Barcelona he can make
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five or six shoots and aggressive with the ball
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and go in there, that's all
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and I think his quality will do the rest
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I know he'll be father soon
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and he's so happy
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for that
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and only I ask
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to the players is that
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you like to play football right, so play
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leave your profession
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like do it and hopefully
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can sustain it until the end of the season
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and the rest compete like everyone
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with one place for the starting eleven
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on the positions
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for me it depends on him
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I'm not naive to choose
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because what I see
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what I see in behaviours
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and trainings and how you're performing
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as much as you do
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more chance you have
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Hi Pep
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over the summer obviously Stefan Ortega signed a new contract
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there was lots of talk about
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Edison potentially leaving
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you've always maintained that Edison is your first choice
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is that the same going into this season
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yeah it's a huge relief
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that Eddie
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and Stefan stay but
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Eddie scored
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eight years
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I cannot understand this unbelievable process
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that we have lived these many many years
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without Edison, impossible
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impossible
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his charisma
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and his consistency
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and
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you know replace the keeper
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is tricky
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to find the way we played and many things
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so
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I'm really pleased that he stays
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and Stefan of course congratulations
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he deserves to extend the contract
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not for the saving
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the Spurs for the two years have been here
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how good in the
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competition play and now they have to
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play for one position
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who I believe is better
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of course I have a lot of bias from Xabi
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because he knows
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he knows better than me
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how does he feel
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how can he give it
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but both
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the same with the rotation both of them
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is going to play a lot of minutes
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do you know who's playing tomorrow?
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Edison
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is Calvin Phillips a
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realistic centre back
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for tomorrow?
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is possible yeah
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is that his position now?
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he's a centre midfielder but
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Calvin likes to see all the game
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in front of him when he's in the middle
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surrounded for players struggle a little bit
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but
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he helped us a lot the last two games
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I should have realised before
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in the first two games playing that position
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and I think he's confident
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get back
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is his future to be
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it's here with us
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and
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like the same with maybe new players
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there are some cases
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we'll see what happens
10:03
you've said you're really happy with the squad
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in terms of Rodri
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and if he ever can't play this season
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or when he needs a rest do you have a clear picture
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of what you can do
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this is what we're going to do when Rodri's not available
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we have Kovac
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we have Rico
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Nicorelli
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Joan Emmanuel
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alongside another player can adapt in that position as well
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so we have alternative and we see the market
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so
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if I have some
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concern or whatever I speak with Chiqui
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and we talk about that
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and we will see
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normally to be clear
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this club
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especially in Bayern
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and here as well
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the club
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bring me the players
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train them
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and bring them the best of them
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this is your job
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the club decide
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I make suggestions
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so is it still possible that you might sign somebody
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in that Rodri role
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not just a forward
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maybe
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can play forward
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can play in position
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attacking midfielder
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or winger can play forward
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or holding midfielder can play central defender
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central defender can help us to play in position
11:19
Rodri we'll see
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we would not want
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having important players like Erling Haaland
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spend a lot a lot a lot of money
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to be
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play 2 games each 10 for example
11:31
it's not sustainable
11:33
so we have to be the balance
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I think if
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we need someone
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the price we have to buy
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otherwise it's no sense
11:43
talking about Haaland earlier in terms of when he's not there
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you don't have the same thing
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does it make it hard now to buy a striker
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because everyone is going to go well
11:51
Haaland plays
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they are right
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it doesn't matter with Erling
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I accept the role and I will compete with him
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because I'm better than him and I want to come
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we'll see
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that's why we see the leaders
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we see the chances at the end of the market
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they need to sell more than now for example
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so I don't know
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coming now to the market knowing that
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we make a good transfer in terms of financial issue
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with Julian
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the people are waiting with the red carpet
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to say come come come here
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you know that and that's why you have to
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see what happens
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because I think the club has done
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well in the past
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I would say many players
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didn't come just because we didn't want to
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pay what the club
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asked for that player
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so I think the club will continue to do
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what is fair
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we're going to do it
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Pep when you have won
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a competition four times in a row as you have with
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the league how do you make sure
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the players still have the same
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motivation to go and do it again
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does it come from you or does it have to come
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from them? I don't know yet
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I said before I have to see them when we're all together
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we talk about that but I don't know yet
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if it's for me I want to win tomorrow
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that's for sure and for them
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as well but at the end
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everything will finish
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if still they have desire
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personally
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not like a desire to
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in this season it's more the desire to
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can we be a better player?
13:21
it's not the target of another Premier League
13:23
you know
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these guys make a change we've won already many times
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six and seven years
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most of them have won six and seven years
13:31
is there motivation? cannot be for that
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it has to be
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we are not good as penalty
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takers right?
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can we improve that?
13:41
our keepers are not incredible
13:43
can we improve that?
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short spaces
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can we improve that?
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when everyone can have the desire to
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get better and everyone
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it's not necessary to tell me
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the weaknesses that every player has
13:57
is the motivation enough to
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in 5-10 minutes I can improve something
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of that
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we'll be there
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what we have done
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is really good
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nothing happens if we lose one season
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we'll be back next season and after that no chance
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but right now I don't know
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we've been together so far
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they arrived
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I saw Kevin
14:21
Bernardo and Manu
14:23
Ruben and Nathan
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two days
14:27
they deserve the holidays
14:29
I would have loved to give them more
14:31
but they have to come back
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so at the end we have to start to play again
14:35
thank you
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