Ruben Selles discusses Sheffield United's latest friendly victory

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Ruben Selles discusses Sheffield United's latest friendly victory and the latest on transfers, with BBC Radio Sheffield.

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00:00First of all then, victory against Chesterfield. What did you see in your side today?

00:05What did you get out of that as a workout?

00:08Well, we are still building our way to do things in the pre-season.

00:12Today was the time for some of them that didn't start the last game to play almost until 70 minutes.

00:19And we want to be a team, as we showed today, that is aggressive, is good in position, vertical.

00:25And I think we saw a lot of that, especially in the first 30 minutes.

00:29Then the pitch got a little bit dry.

00:32And then the end of the first half was not exactly what we expected.

00:36And then the second half, we started in the top of the game and scored a fourth goal.

00:39And then the boys have a strong, good amount of minutes this week.

00:44And we take the game, analyse and move forward.

00:47And yet, towards the end of the game, that's when you personally seemed the most agitated by a need for intensity.

00:54So you want that from start to finish. That's the standard you're trying to set?

00:57Yes, absolutely. Sometimes it's not easy because of the circumstances of the game, the score, the environment.

01:05But yeah, we wanted, especially with the team that we have on the pitch in the last 20 minutes,

01:10the game just got a little bit slower than I expected or I wanted.

01:14So our standard is to play with the intensity that we played in the first 30 minutes and we played some other front leads for 90 minutes.

01:21That's why sometimes now we are a little bit tired in those periods, like between the minute 10 and 20 in the second half.

01:28But it's part of it and we need to ask for more.

01:32But as I say, it's a process.

01:36I realise it's an easy question now as they both scored.

01:40But the two players, Akaki and Kaceres, have played a lot of football for you in pre-season.

01:46Outside of the club, people think that maybe they're here to develop over time and possibly in the reserves.

01:51Do you see them as being part of the squad at the start of the campaign?

01:55Well, for the moment, they are part of our squad.

01:57They are playing minutes, they are dynamic, they are the kind of players that we want.

02:02And where they will be at the end of the transfer window is going to depend on their performance and where we are as a club.

02:08We coach all those players.

02:11It doesn't matter who it is right now playing for us.

02:13Like they are first team players, we develop them.

02:15And for us, the world development is for everyone, not only for the players that are below certain edges.

02:22Just everyone needs to go up at least one level.

02:25And yeah, it doesn't matter who it is.

02:28So I'm satisfied with what they have been doing.

02:30Obviously, we have our internal discussions about what we need in the market.

02:34But as I say, I work with them like they are going to be our players for the rest of the season and they are doing a good job.

02:40As it's only been a couple of days,

02:42but how pleased are you that Barry looks as though he is familiar with his surroundings

02:46to set up two goals in this pre-season friendly today?

02:50Well, we know what we went with Louis.

02:52That threat on the left-hand side with a lot of end product, dynamic, aggressive in the pressure.

02:59And he has been working really hard in the pre-season with Aston Villa.

03:02So it was ideal for him today to play some minutes.

03:06Potentially, probably he has not the level of our boys in terms of what we are doing things.

03:11But he will catch it up.

03:12So I'm pleased with him going through those 60-65 minutes.

03:15I think he played at the end.

03:17And hopefully he will have more to offer for us.

03:21Yeah, you mentioned the market, the transfer market.

03:23When we spoke to you last time, you were sort of hopeful in the next four or five days.

03:27It's not quite reached that yet.

03:28But have things progressed at all with regard to incomings?

03:31Yes, sometimes it's not that easy because obviously it becomes a little bit special to come and play in England

03:38after you went out of the European Union.

03:42So sometimes you need to get those permissions, embassies, visas and those things.

03:47So that sometimes slow down the tempo that I wanted.

03:50But it's just a matter of that, really.

03:53Forgive me.

03:53We are talking about Soumari then, because we spoke about him before.

03:57And is he the guy that ideally will be next?

04:01Well, we are talking about the players that we are trying to work on.

04:04So if Soumari is another one, the club will announce it in the proper time.

04:09But just in terms of time scale, if you are at the kind of behest of passport officers,

04:14he's sort of reasonably confident they'll be here soon?

04:17Yes, of course.

04:19It takes long for some other cases.

04:21But in that concrete case that we are managing right now, it should be soon here.

04:27Since we last saw you, there's been a bit of talk about Kiefer Moore potentially leaving

04:32and going to Wrexham.

04:34Firstly, is that true?

04:37Well, Kiefer is our player.

04:39As you know, I don't manage those proposals or gossips or offers.

04:42And then I don't think he was ready to play for us today.

04:46So I decided to play with some other players that we want to see, like Tom Cannon today.

04:50He was exceptional today in the press and the way that we do it.

04:53And yeah, nothing special from my side on that comment.

04:57He still was here.

04:58He still was doing his job.

05:00And how it works, it's a team and he's part of us.

05:03And if in the future something happens, let's see.

05:06Just finally, from me, do you find yourself at this stage with regard to transfers and incomings

05:11and outgoings, you're actually spinning quite a few plates that you'd like to get done before

05:16the season starts?

05:17As a manager, you always try to get the players that you want as early as possible because

05:22that means you have entirely precision to work with them.

05:24So yeah, the sooner is always the better.

05:26But as I say, the market is fluid and sometimes you cannot control those things.

05:30For the moment, the boys that have come in have done a good job and we have a really

05:34good team, the ones that remain from last season.

05:39And yes, I wanted players earlier, but I understand that is what it is.

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