00:00Hi, Eric. First place to start, the team for this weekend, anyone unavailable?
00:05And what's the situation with Victor Lindelof?
00:06There's a bit of confusion about his situation at the moment.
00:10There's no confusion. He has an issue on his toe, so hopefully he can return quickly.
00:17But he's not available for the weekend.
00:20Whereas also we have some, but I think we know them, Tyrone, Malaysia,
00:24Rasmus Holland, they are not available as well.
00:29There's obviously a lot of talk at the moment about transfers,
00:35with the deadline approaching. Manuel Lugate has been spoken about a lot.
00:39Are you hoping to do business before the window?
00:43Just be patient. Just sit, wait.
00:48We're working, of course, very hard and we will always try to make the best squad possible.
00:55And so we have a couple of days. The approach will always be improve.
01:02So as long as we have the opportunity, we will look for it.
01:05But in this moment, I can't tell any news.
01:10Have you been happy with the business so far?
01:12Yes, I'm very pleased.
01:16It is showing we're going in the right direction.
01:19We know as a club we have to catch up, but I think it shows our ambitions,
01:25our ambition, the way we want to go.
01:30So I think we have done good business, really very good players,
01:36quality players who will contribute to our squad, to our quality of the squad.
01:45You talked there about patience.
01:47I know the URT deal has been a deal that both the club and the player
01:51have had to be very patient about.
01:52Does it show the merits of that approach,
01:54assuming you do complete this signing in the next couple of days?
01:58Yes, I said. When we have news, we will bring it.
02:02But you know already the answer, so I don't understand the question.
02:07What about Jadon Sanchez?
02:09Obviously, he was not selected in the squad last week.
02:12Is he back and available for selection?
02:14Do you expect him to be involved in the squad this weekend?
02:17We will see. So we have a squad and I hope we will have a squad with double positioning
02:27when we go into the season after the 1st of September.
02:30And that means also that you can't select all the players for a game.
02:35But we need all the players throughout the season
02:38because this will be a season of the survival of the fittest.
02:41The survival of the fittest.
02:42And of course, we have to manage it.
02:44But also the attitude of the players is very important.
02:48And that sometimes they will be disappointed, but they have to deal with it
02:52because you don't win with 11 and you win as a squad.
02:57And so the prizes, they are divided next May.
03:03So till then, we need all the players in the squad
03:05and all the players highly motivated to contribute.
03:08That is also not an expectation, no, it's a demand from the club.
03:13And from me as a manager for the squad.
03:17The squad and the team is always more important than every individual.
03:22There was a lot of praise for Josh Sirksey making such an impact last week against Fulham.
03:26How excited are you by him as a prospect?
03:29And given the fact that he's got somebody like
03:31Rudy van Nistelrooy there to look up to and be a mentor to him as well,
03:35what are you hoping for from him?
03:38It's very pleasing that a player who's a striker,
03:44that he scores his first goal in his first game.
03:50Because that will give him the confidence, the surrounding confidence.
03:55So yeah, very pleased that it's happened.
03:58And I gave the comparison with last year with Rasmus Hoyland,
04:05when he scored in his first game against Brighton.
04:08And then the VAR looked for five minutes,
04:11and then they came to the conclusion,
04:13now the ball from Resford crossed the line in his assist.
04:18And then he had to wait three months for his first Premier League goal.
04:21So yeah, it helps absolutely.
04:23He scores his first goal, gives him confidence,
04:27and gives us confidence as a team.
04:30Very good process, so.
04:33Last two, Robin and then Micky.
04:35Eric, you've let Koundé Pellisteri leave the club.
04:39Just tell us your thought process behind that.
04:43He is a very talented player,
04:48progressed very good last season.
04:51But we have a lot of competition in the wide area.
04:55So yeah, we look at what do we need as a squad,
05:01but also every player needs a perspective.
05:04And in this moment, we had many players to compete in those positions,
05:11and then we couldn't give him the right perspective.
05:15In this club, I think he's a very good player, high potential.
05:20What he needs is games to improve, to progress.
05:26And he gets the opportunity at Panathinaikos,
05:30and we will follow the process.
05:33Eric, the transfer window is obviously still open.
05:35You talk about players maybe coming into Manchester United.
05:38Is the players going to be leaving?
05:40High-profile players might leave before the end of the window?
05:42I didn't say I'm looking for transfers coming in.
05:46I didn't say this.
05:47Also, I don't say that players going out.
05:50So I said patience, just for you guys, just wait.
05:55When we have news, we will bring it.
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