on the team news
▶ We’ve just finished the last training session.
Obviously we had many players arriving yesterday,
so we had a short period to prepare for the match,
but the boys are looking in good condition.
on whether Zinchenko, Partey and Tierney are in the squad
▶ They are part of the team.
on how long Smith Rowe will be out for
▶ After surgery it is very difficult to give a timeline.
It depends on the first process, how the bones heal, how was his first reaction,
his improvement and how he’s adapting. We need to go step by step;
obviously we know that before the World Cup will not be easy,
and after that we have a break and we need to use him in the right way.
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on the confidence in the squad
▶ The mentality doesn’t change.
We have to go game by game, we need to look to get better
and improve in many areas and be humble,
but at the same time really ambitious.
That’s the way forward for us to achieve what we want.
on how impressed he’s been with Tottenham’s start
▶ Not only the start, but the journey they have been on since Antonio joined
and how things have changed and the team that he’s building.
They have a very clear identity in the way they are playing
and it’s been really impressive.
We know that both teams expect a really tough match tomorrow.
on how he convinced Jesus to sign for Arsenal
▶ Edu had a talk with him to describe what the project was,
what our club is about and the role he would have in our club.
I spoke to him too so it was a team effort
and he clearly understood what we wanted to do.
The relationship that we have with him helped a lot
because there is a trust and that connection already,
and then it is completely up to the player to decide.
on whether he was convinced he could sign him
▶ We were really hopeful and his immediate reaction was extremely positive.
After that there are a lot of steps that have to go in the right direction
to finalise and get a player to sign for the club,
but to be fair Gabby made it pretty easy for us.
on having any hesitation about playing William Saliba against Kane and Son
▶William has shown over the past few months what he is capable of,
and that doesn’t mean that things are always going to go in the same direction
but he’s been so good that from my side I have no doubts.