00:00Antoine, huge congratulations on your move to Manchester City.
00:04Just try and give us an insight into the emotions that you're feeling right now
00:08because I know you've worked incredibly hard to get to this point in your career.
00:11Yeah, it's only sinking in now, to be honest.
00:15Had to work very hard to get to this point and yeah, over the moon it's done
00:20and I'm looking forward to the challenge.
00:23You're 26 now, happy birthday for Wednesday by the way.
00:27Many people say that's kind of the perfect age for a club to buy an outfield player
00:31because you're coming into your best years.
00:33How do you feel about where you're at in terms of your development?
00:36Give us an idea of what kind of player City are getting.
00:40Powerful, quick, strong, clinical player.
00:44Still improving, I feel like I've still yet to reach my peak.
00:48I feel like I've got a lot of learning to do and joining City here
00:52is going to be the best thing for my development, best coaches, best players
00:56and I'll take my game to the next level.
00:58Your football journey to this point has been one about persistence and determination.
01:03You face rejection as a young player but as we sit here today
01:07you're one of the Premier League's finest talents.
01:09Just talk us through how you've done that
01:11and what characteristics you've had to lean on to get to this point.
01:14Well, I've had to be a strong character.
01:17I feel like emotionally, mentally I've had to get really strong.
01:21I feel like I've had family, friends, fiancé around me
01:25keeping me uplifted and always pushing me.
01:28So, yeah, I've had to push myself quite a bit,
01:31get through a lot of troubled times, hard times
01:34and, yeah, it's just made me the man I am today.
01:37Strong, fearless and ready to attack the world.
01:40City have had an amazing period of success.
01:43I mean, we won the treble in 2023.
01:46I believe you've seen the trophies today.
01:49And just over the last ten years really our success has been unmatched.
01:53Can you just give me an idea of, as an outsider,
01:56what the perception of Manchester City has been over that period?
01:59I mean, you want to be part of the team, to be honest.
02:01You want to be winning those trophies.
02:02You want to be playing with the best players in the world.
02:04So, yeah, that perception is you just want to be involved
02:07and thank God I'm involved and we can win many more trophies.
02:12The final game at Bournemouth, it kind of really struck me,
02:17the reaction that you got from the crowd
02:20and what the manager said after the game, what your teammates were saying.
02:24You're obviously very, very loved there and that's exciting for City fans.
02:29How did it feel, you know, on that final day, especially to score the win?
02:33It was like something out of a film, wasn't it?
02:35Yeah, it's just everything just aligned.
02:38It felt wonderful. I was quite emotional as well.
02:41I think even leading up to the game at home.
02:44But yeah, loved my time there.
02:46Loved everyone, teammates, players, medical staff, everyone in the building.
02:49I tried to be myself with everyone and everyone seemed to love it and warm up to it.
02:54So hopefully I can do the same here.
02:56Fantastic. Just one final thing.
02:58The City fans are very excited about you coming.
03:00So I was wondering if you just had a message to them ahead of you playing your first game.
03:05It's going to be a challenge to get in the title race, but I'm ready.
03:10I'm ready to be part of this journey and look forward to seeing you soon.
03:14Well Antoine, huge congratulations again and good luck for your time here at City.
03:18Thank you very much.
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