00:00Morning. Right, good morning. We will take the usual
00:29format today and begin with Sky Sports and James Savundra, please.
00:35Hi Enzo, good to see you. In terms of team news,
00:38Levi, Caldwell, Romeo Labia, Enzo Fernandes, will any of those players be available this weekend?
00:44Probably Levi and Enzo, they could be available. It depends on today's session
00:51and Romeo will be out. In terms of Romeo, how long do you think he may be out for now?
00:56We don't know yet. We need to wait a little bit more, but at least I think a few weeks more.
01:03In terms of that midfield situation, how concerning is that to be without Romeo?
01:07Do you think you may need to look to do something in January,
01:09potentially bring in a player or bring back a player who's out more?
01:13No, we have, in this moment, I think we have a player enough to cover that situation,
01:20with Moy, with Enzo, the last game Keenan played there.
01:25So at the moment, the intention is not to go for one more midfielder.
01:29Colt Palmer was a doubt for the game against Wolves, he played, he didn't come off. Is he 100% fit?
01:35He's better, he's better. He did an unbelievable effort to play against Wolves and he's getting better.
01:46The club have been linked with a move for Alejandro Garnaccio in this transfer window.
01:51Are you happy with the wide options you have, or do you think you could do with one more right now?
01:55No, no, I'm happy with the one that we have in this moment,
01:59that we said many times, in the right side is Pedro Noni, in the left side is Jadon.
02:04Mischa was with us, now he's not with us, but Tyreek,
02:07I think it's a young profile that can help us. So in this moment, we are okay.
02:13And finally for me, is there an update you can give us on Renato Vega?
02:17Is he close to moving to Juventus?
02:19At the moment he's a Chelsea player and we'll see in the next hours.
02:39I think that it's normal, it can happen.
02:45What is not normal is the amount of years that they won things, won trophies.
02:52This is something that is not normal.
02:53What is normal in football is to live moments like they are living in this moment,
02:59but for sure they're going to be back soon, I don't have any doubt.
03:04What's your relationship like with Pep?
03:07Do you still keep in contact with him regularly? Do you still speak to him on a regular basis?
03:12Yeah, my contact with him, with the club is fantastic.
03:16I said it many times, I will be always thankful to the Manchester City club.
03:23The reason why is because they called me back after an Italian club
03:27sacked me after three months, two months, three months.
03:29So that shows trust, confidence, faith.
03:32So I will be always thankful in these kind of things to the club and also for sure to Pep,
03:38because we are both managers,
03:44but first of all we have a fantastic relationship in terms of friendship,
03:48and this is the most important thing.
03:51And as a friend of yours, have you seen any difference in him?
03:55No, I think the difference is more from outside, because people in football,
04:02we know that, as I said, these kind of things, this kind of moment,
04:05any club, any manager, any players, they are going to live this kind of moment.
04:09The strange thing is when for seven, eight years,
04:12you don't live these kind of moments like City, they have done.
04:17But overall, they are okay.
04:20I think you have about 10 more days of the transfer window to Jules.
04:24Do you think you will bring anybody who will come in?
04:27I know players might leave, but do you think you will bring anybody in?
04:31Listen, with the club, with the Sport Director, we pay attention if something can happen,
04:37but at the moment, as you said, 10 days to go, we didn't do nothing,
04:43just we call back Trev, and we'll see in the next 10 days if something is going to happen.
04:48What's the situation with Joao Felix?
04:50There's obviously stories about him that he might possibly leave.
04:55What's your take on that? Do you want to keep him here?
04:58But I said, for sure, Joao is a Chelsea player.
05:03The problem, unfortunately, the problem with Joao, with Cristo, is that the manager plays
05:09most of the games with one attacking midfielder, that is called Palmer,
05:13and doesn't like to play with attacking midfielder in most of the game.
05:16So this is the reason why, probably, in some way, Joao and Cristo,
05:22they struggle a little bit to get minutes, not for any different reason,
05:26because both are top players, both are fantastic guys, they work well.
05:31The reason why is only because most of the game I decide to play with one attacking midfielder,
05:36in terms of balance, so this is the reason why.
05:40So there is a scenario in which Joao could leave?
05:43I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that I like both,
05:47but the reason why they struggle is because most of the time I play with one attacking midfielder.
05:53Chris?
06:00No, I don't think, I don't think, I don't believe in these kind of things.
06:04Probably it's on the other side. I think this kind of club, with these kind of players,
06:09when they are probably in a difficult moment, is when they want to show how good they are.
06:17They want to go against everyone saying, OK, if you think that we are not good enough,
06:22we're going to show you how good we are.
06:23So I don't think there is a good moment to play against City.
06:27When you took the job here, Pep publicly backed you saying that give me time and you'll do well.
06:32Do you think he needs more support now, publicly,
06:35just in this difficult patch he's going through at City?
06:37No, Pep is strong enough to, yeah, he's strong enough in these kind of things.
06:44But for sure, like any human being, he needs support in this moment.
06:50But as I said, if you think a little bit the last eight, nine years,
06:56unless probably the last four months, then the rest, they were top always,
07:00winning titles, winning important trophies.
07:03So it's something normal.
07:06You've won more points away in the season than at home this season.
07:12Can you put that down for anything, mainly?
07:15No, probably just show how balanced we are.
07:17Because, you know, everyone is talking, we get more points away than at home.
07:23I don't think the difference is big between home and away.
07:26And this show probably how the team is balanced home away.
07:31Don't care if we are at home or if we are away.
07:33Hopefully in the future, we can get more points at home.
07:36This is the target.
07:37But overall, I think it's something good because
07:39show how the team is in this moment in terms of balance.
07:44And just finally for me, in terms of the variation within your squad at the moment,
07:48do you think you've got the right mix of players to be challenging for the title?
07:53No.
07:53No, for the title, no, I said, because for sure we are getting better.
07:59But we need to leave experience.
08:01You know, I think in the last, probably in the last month, January, December,
08:07we leave a moment where we struggle with the results.
08:11And I think we're going to be better in the future because of that.
08:16Thanks, Chris.
08:17Rob?
08:19You've said that a few times, that you players need to live moments.
08:22I think you kind of put it.
08:23They need to have these experiences before they can be considered challenges.
08:28Wouldn't we in a way at Manchester City, at the Champions,
08:32would that be one of the kinds of moments that you're talking about?
08:35Because there haven't been many big wins against the big teams.
08:39No, yeah.
08:39But I think, you know, if you see the top six in this moment,
08:46I think we beat Bournemouth away.
08:49We drew at home.
08:50We beat Newcastle at home.
08:52We have to play there.
08:53We drew against Arsenal.
08:55And then we lost to Liverpool at City.
08:57So I think it's a matter of balance.
08:58I said already that we are going to win games against a big team, for sure.
09:04But I don't think if we win tomorrow,
09:06that means that we are ready for the title.
09:10For sure, we're going to try to win tomorrow.
09:13But it will be one more game.
09:16How has Robert Sanchez been around?
09:30No, Robert, it's okay.
09:31It's okay.
09:32It's just a matter for me to understand that anything can happen.
09:38How many times, I don't know,
09:41how many times has Moy missed a pass during the season?
09:45Many times.
09:46How many times has Nico missed a goal?
09:48Many times.
09:49How many times has Noni missed a cross?
09:51Many times.
09:52And Robert made four mistakes during the season that we conceded a goal.
09:56But it's normal.
09:58It's part of the game.
10:00If you don't risk, if you don't play, you don't make mistakes.
10:04So for me, it's not any strange thing behind Robert's mistake.
10:11So it's something that for me is part of our job.
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