00:00Excuse me, you said after the game at Tottenham that you were struggling in terms of injuries,
00:06could you just give us an update on the players who seem to get injured on Wednesday
00:12and whether any of them will be available?
00:14Tomorrow you will know it, you will see it for the least.
00:18I have many doubts, business cannot come, most of them, half-half, tomorrow you will know it.
00:26How difficult is it to work your way through these matches?
00:34Because a lot of people will look at your squad and not have a lot of sympathy,
00:39given you're top of the Premier League and you have all these great players.
00:44Are you sure people have no sympathy?
00:46Other people, other people.
00:48All right, surprise.
00:52It is what it is, so many clubs happen, we are not the exception,
00:55we are not the only club in the world that in this modern football have injuries.
00:59We have a lot in certain departments and certain positions, but it is what it is.
01:04I'm pretty sure, like I've said many times to the team,
01:10guys try not to feel sorry for ourselves, it's what it is.
01:13The challenge is that and we're going to play with 11 players tomorrow.
01:18And does it make it more likely that you might have to buy someone in January?
01:24No, because maybe in January we'll have all the squad fit, except Rodri.
01:27Maybe, I would say Oscar would be the last stages.
01:32Maybe we are more together, when we are all together, the squad is enough,
01:37it's complete, it's nice, it's top, but then everybody is completely focused and fit.
01:43But in certain moments of the season,
01:49I remember in the past, one year or two years ago, three years ago,
01:52I don't remember, Liverpool had a lot, a lot, a lot of injuries, a lot.
01:56And they struggle, but it's what it is.
01:59So we have to adapt and focus and win tomorrow.
02:06Good afternoon, Pep.
02:08It's hard to go to Bournemouth with a full squad, with the injuries you have.
02:13How hard is this game going to be?
02:15And have you been impressed with what Andoni Arraiola has done down there?
02:20It's the same what I said with Simon, so it's what it is.
02:24So we know the situation, what can we do?
02:28So try to recover as quick as possible, the players, and we'll see.
02:34Do you think there needs to be a wider conversation?
02:37Because you mentioned after this first game,
02:41it's the worst it's been in the nine years you've been here.
02:43But we have more Champions League, more European games,
02:46Nations League, expanded Club World Cup.
02:49Are we asking our top players to play too many games right now?
02:53And do we need to have a conversation about that?
02:55We knew it, we know it, and we will know it.
02:57So it's the reality, it's what it is.
03:00And we try to take care of them.
03:02We didn't do anything differently than the previous seasons.
03:05I would say we train less for the amount of games, for many reasons.
03:10But sometimes it happens, sometimes it happens.
03:12So there is no one person who says that is the reason why this arrived,
03:17because you get more injuries.
03:19We will work on it, but nobody knows it.
03:21So sometimes, unfortunately, it happens, and adapt.
03:27And just finally for me, it's potentially,
03:30depending on who you've got available,
03:32a chance for some of those young players like we saw against Spurs
03:35to come in and shine, like Jacob Wright, for instance.
03:38Yeah, it can happen.
03:43Good afternoon.
03:44How much faith do you have in the academy players?
03:46Because the way things stand at the moment,
03:47your bench might contain quite a few youngsters over the next few weeks.
03:53How excited and how much faith do you have in your youngsters?
03:57But we're using them because we are in an emergency in certain positions.
04:00But yeah, some of them, we trust them, like in the past.
04:06Yeah, to help us, that's why the academy is there.
04:10Not ideal, but when the situation demands?
04:13Yeah, we don't have another option, sometimes.
04:17And can I ask you about your new rival across town?
04:20United have just announced that Ruben is coming from Sporting.
04:24You'll, of course, face him on Tuesday,
04:26but then also as United boss in a few weeks' time.
04:30Do you know him?
04:31Can you tell us a little bit about how you feel about it?
04:33No, welcome.
04:34Welcome to United, to England, and I congratulate him.
04:39Next Tuesday, we face each other as a team,
04:44two or three seasons ago in the Champions League.
04:47Yeah, welcome.
04:48He has a good reputation.
04:50He's a little younger than you.
04:52I'm getting old.
04:56Pep, hi.
04:58You said you have many doubts for tomorrow.
05:01Is Savingo one of them?
05:03Yeah.
05:04So he might be able to...
05:06It was a knock, a strong one, but there was no fracture.
05:10And about him, there was that mutual nutmeg
05:12that he created against Spurs.
05:15He was very alive in that match,
05:17and he seems to be combining the flair with objectiveness
05:22for you at the start of the season.
05:23Are you surprised that some people think
05:24you don't give wingers creative freedom?
05:29Yeah, he's playing really good.
05:31He's so aggressive.
05:33He's so young.
05:34He'll improve.
05:35But, yeah, the impact has been really, really good.
05:46Hi there, Pep.
05:46We are live for Portugal.
05:48May I ask in Portuguese or in English?
05:49English, OK.
05:50Pep, you already talked about Ruben Mourinho.
05:54I know he's going to be your rival not only next Tuesday,
05:56but also from the 24th of January onwards.
05:59I'd like to ask you if you could give him one advice
06:01before he's coming back to Portugal.
06:03If you could give him one advice before he's coming to Manchester,
06:05what would it be?
06:06No.
06:06No advices?
06:07I'm not the right person to give advices to my colleagues,
06:10not because he's United.
06:11I think they have a lot of people in United
06:13that they will tell him what is the situation in the club,
06:16so I cannot give him advices.
06:19I know your contract will be out of time with City this summer,
06:23but Vienna is coming from sporting also to City.
06:26Have you spoken to him at all?
06:28No, not yet.
06:30Not yet.
06:31I know he's in touch with the club, but not yet.
06:33Also about the match next Tuesday,
06:37any of those injuries can be a blow for City
06:40also next Tuesday, not only on Sunday?
06:42Good question.
06:42I don't know.
06:43I don't know, not even tomorrow.
06:45We'll see tomorrow when we wake up.
06:46I will talk with some players how they feel, the doctors,
06:49and if I don't know tomorrow, imagine on Tuesday.
06:52So, day by day.
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