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26/11/2024

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00:00Obviously, there were a few quotes from Mo at the weekend saying that he hadn't been

00:12offered a new contract and he's more out than in at the moment.

00:15So how do you see the situation and what are you being told about how contract negotiations

00:20are going?

00:22Indeed, people tell me about this, but I've said many times we don't share this over here.

00:28The only thing I can say is if I look at my line-ups, Mo is more in than out, so that

00:41quote I can give you.

00:43That said though, when a player speaks out like that, does it cause an issue in terms

00:47of a distraction when it comes to big games like this and is there a genuine fear from

00:53yourself that you could lose Mo in the summer now because his numbers are obviously still

00:57up there where you would want them to be?

01:00Yes, definitely we want his numbers to be where they are at the moment because those

01:04are the numbers Mo always has had and still has, so that's the positive thing.

01:08I don't think he's distracted at all.

01:12I haven't seen that after the United game where he had some comments, I haven't seen

01:16it after a post you told me about, afterwards he just kept on scoring.

01:21I didn't see anything today, he's just fully focused on the game tomorrow.

01:26I think these kind of things are inside here and probably in the media and all our fans

01:31talk about it, which is completely normal, but if he would have been at the AXA today,

01:36I don't think any player talked about it, at least not when I was there.

01:40Maybe they always give each other a bit of a stick, so maybe they did this now as well.

01:46Players are also focused on the short term and that's Madrid and that's City.

01:53By the time Mo's contract is extended, players don't look at it that way.

01:58We as a club of course do, but the players don't, so I don't think there's any distraction

02:03at all for him or for the players and definitely not for me.

02:08Because I worked yesterday on preparing the team in the best possible way and there was

02:13not one time in my mind that I thought, I'm sitting here tomorrow talking about Mo.

02:19So I don't think it distracts Mo at all.

02:25Maybe it brings even the best out of him, if you look at his performances until now.

02:32Like I said already a few times, my main focus is the next game and if we had that game,

02:37another big game is coming up and if we had that game, it just keeps on going.

02:43I talk to Mo about what I expect from him, like I do with all the other players.

02:51He's in a good place at the moment and I said before, I'm not distracted at all by his comments

02:58and I don't feel his teammates do.

03:02It's nice that we have a story in the media, so you guys have some work now as well.

03:07It's nothing that we can really get involved in.

03:09All I can say is, you look at Mo today, you look at Mo yesterday, he's the ultimate professional.

03:17In fairness, it goes for all three of them, Mo, Virgil and Trent, who are all in similar positions.

03:22Every one of them is so focused on the next game and training and preparing properly.

03:28They've been leaders this year, that's the way they've done it.

03:32For us within the changing room, I think if they can do that, then we do that and we don't

03:37get distracted by anything else.

03:40They're not getting distracted and I think we're all just excited for the game tomorrow night.

03:44You're in the shape of your life, speaking perfect English with everyone, you're winning,

03:49the fans are singing, it's beginning to look a slot like Christmas.

03:53What do you experience from this?

03:54Did you know that?

03:55No, I didn't know.

03:56Good to know.

03:57How much do you experience that yourself and how big are the nerves for tomorrow?

04:06Like I just said, I didn't know this and I don't follow how popular I am, if I am or not.

04:13The only thing I bother about is the next opponent and that's Madrid and how to prepare

04:17the team in the best possible way, like I've said many times.

04:21So that's my main focus.

04:22Now my family is coming over, so if I hurry up a bit I have to do some groceries for them

04:27as well and then go home.

04:33That is where my main focus is and not about the songs they sing for me, although it sounds

04:38quite nice.

04:41But it's nice to be in this position, it's nice to work at this club and it was nice

04:45last week and it will be nice next week, as long as we keep on winning.

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