00:00As ever, two questions per person. If we do get time, we'll come back to you.
00:04And we'll get underway when you're ready. Rob Dawson.
00:07Donnie, great to see you.
00:08Hi, good to see you too.
00:10If you're in this news conference, it tends to usually mean that you're going to be starting tomorrow.
00:15I know the manager probably hasn't told you that yet.
00:17But with two of your Arsenal teammates not here, Iberiazze and Bakayo Saka,
00:22they're a bit of competition for you as well.
00:24So I wonder whether you look at this as a really big opportunity and a big expectation
00:27and maybe a final chance to kind of impress Thomas Tuchel before he names his World Cup squad.
00:33Yeah, I feel like pressure and expectation is a given when you're trying to put on the three-line shirt.
00:41In terms of Ebs and B, obviously they're two great players, but there's competition in our squad everywhere.
00:46So whenever I come here, I always know that.
00:48And yeah, I'll be looking to, if I play tomorrow, do the best that I can for the team.
00:55Look, I'm sorry to remind you, but you had a huge disappointment here four days ago at this very place.
00:59It must be weird to be back so soon afterwards.
01:02But you've still got so much this season for club and country to achieve.
01:06You could be a treble winner and go into your first World Cup finals.
01:10So how much does that drive you?
01:12And how much do you feel there's still left for you this season?
01:16For sure. As a collective, Arsenal in England, there's a lot to play for.
01:21It could be an amazing end to the season.
01:23And yeah, that's what we work every single day for, to try and achieve our goals.
01:27And yeah, hopefully we will.
01:30Thanks.
01:31Hi, Nonny.
01:31For Arsenal, you've played on the left and the right this season.
01:35So do you see the left wing as a potential route into this England team as well?
01:39Yeah, wherever Mikel or Thomas wants me to play, then I'll play there.
01:45You're in a unique situation where you're competing with Bukayo Saka at your club and then you come over your
01:51country in the same there.
01:52So what is that like when you're up against the same player, both in club and national team football?
01:58Yeah, of course. Yeah, it's competition.
02:01You guys probably see that more than we do.
02:04We don't really see it like that.
02:06We play for Arsenal in England and we've got the collective at the forefront of our minds all the time.
02:11So yeah, of course, he's a top player, someone I'm very close to.
02:15And yeah, I'm glad I get to play with him for both club and country for sure.
02:20Kerry?
02:21Nonny, can we talk about this perfect split left-right foot?
02:24I think only Semenyu was in front of you last season in terms of that percentage split of how close
02:29it is.
02:30But it's also, if you can talk to us about your different roles as the inverted winger on the right
02:35and then the more out and out on the left.
02:38Because the switch that we saw against Andorra when you assisted Kane just showed how naturally you do this.
02:45Yeah, it's definitely a little bit different.
02:48I feel like on the left it's easier in open space, a little bit more difficult when it's dense.
02:55But yeah, I think I tend to be a little bit more direct on the left than on the right
03:01just because of the angles.
03:02The angles are a little bit different.
03:03But like I said, I'll play wherever my coach wants me to and try and do my best for my
03:09team.
03:09Can I take you back to that phone call that you had with Mikel Arteta and your dad about going
03:14to Arsenal?
03:15He said it was those that two-footed initiatives of you as a player that was exceptional and made you
03:21such a prime candidate for his team.
03:24Can I take you back to that phone call with your dad that drove you from North London to Crystal
03:30Palace as a kid to build your career?
03:33And the fact that you could be on for a treble now in North London and going to a World
03:37Cup.
03:39Yeah, no, when you put it like that, it's amazing.
03:43Of course, we're going for a treble and a World Cup on the horizon.
03:47Yeah, in terms of Mikel, he's been great for me this season.
03:51My teammates have been amazing.
03:53I think we've achieved a lot so far and obviously we've got to get over the line now, which is
03:57well documented.
03:58But yeah, I think so far it's been a good season and there's so much more to play for.
04:04Henry, anyone else?
04:07Cans?
04:08I have a fast idea.
04:11Hi, Narnie.
04:13I want to ask you about the chemistry in the group.
04:18You guys are trying to build something very important.
04:20How much have you guys built so far and how much do you think you still need to build for
04:26the World Cup?
04:29Yeah, I think we're a very close group.
04:31That's my opinion.
04:33I think the coach and his coaching staff have created a good culture around the place, a culture that allows
04:37us to express ourselves and be who we are on and off the field.
04:41And yeah, I'd say we're in a good place in terms of that going into the World Cup for sure.
04:46And when you play a friendly game like this one and the next one with Japan, how is it different
04:50compared to an official game when three points means something?
04:54And how much do you think you need to take advantage of this opportunity to showcase yourself?
05:03For me, it's not really that different.
05:05Whenever I play for my country, I know that it's something that should be taken so, so, so seriously.
05:11Like any game I play, to be honest, whether that's for club or country.
05:14So it's no different to me.
05:17Hey, Nani. Joel here.
05:20Just so you know, there's obviously a lot of competition, which you already know.
05:24Can you say that you can feel the intensity even more with this last camp because it's kind of like,
05:30you know, the final chance to make it?
05:31Do you reckon it's a bit extra tense or would you say that you're pretty comfortable?
05:39I'm a pretty relaxed person.
05:40So I think for me, it's similar to all the other camps I've had for England.
05:45Obviously, you know that it's a very, very competitive year with the best players in the country.
05:49So that goes without saying.
05:50But in terms of any added tension or heightened emotion, this camp, no, I think it's just about doing our
05:57best for the country tomorrow and in the upcoming game after that.
06:01And you've been obviously in the camp, you know, for a while.
06:04You've got the experience.
06:05But where has your game improved, would you say, as time has gone on?
06:10What since I made my debut for England?
06:12Yes.
06:14I feel like with age and experience and more games, maturity comes.
06:19I feel like you slow down in high pressure situations a little bit.
06:25Yeah, I'd say that in terms of the responsibility that Thomas has given me since he's come in, I'm really
06:31grateful for that.
06:32And I just want to kick on and do my best every single time I step on the pitch and
06:37help my team win.
06:40Hi, Noni.
06:41You just mentioned, well, you just discussed competition and you mentioned Bukayo earlier.
06:45Do you find it a bit like frustrating having to compete with someone that's so good?
06:50Obviously, you're an amazing winger, having played for Chelsea, done brilliantly with England in the 21s, played for England.
06:58But it's like...
07:00It's like England have the two best right wingers in the world and they're competing against each other, which I
07:03imagine feels a bit frustrating, right?
07:08Yeah, like I said, it's one of those things.
07:10I feel like when you play for a team like Arsenal, when you play for England, competition is just a
07:16given.
07:17It's something that's always there at the highest level in football.
07:21And yeah, like I said, me and B or whoever, I think the focus has to be on England or
07:27your club as a collective, as a whole.
07:32And you just have to do your best.
07:35Does it ever make you think about trying different positions or does it give you a bit of like...
07:40Does it incentivise you when Bukayo moves for 10 for Arsenal and then you can nail down the right and
07:45you think for England, maybe the same could be true or maybe you could play nine or on the left?
07:50Are those things that you think about?
07:52No, I mean, football is a game about opinions.
07:55I think different people, different cultures have different opinions.
07:59And yeah, the fact that I'm versatile, I think definitely helps me a little bit.
08:03I can play on the left and the right.
08:05And yeah, I reiterate again, I'll play wherever I need, wherever the coach needs me to play.
08:14Can you talk about your relationship with Bukayo though and how much you got to know him as a player?
08:22You would have looked at, I'm sure, in that position, but how much you came into the club and it
08:29wasn't the greatest reaction to your arrival.
08:31How much has that togetherness in that team helped you grow as a player and what have you learnt about
08:38Bukayo?
08:39Yeah, I think anyone who knows us or sees us knows we have a real mutual love and respect for
08:45each other.
08:46There are bits of his game that I try and take and I think there are bits of mine that
08:50he tries to take as well.
08:51So listen, we're very, very close and we know, regardless of who's playing or things of that nature,
09:00we know that we're meant to be pulling in the same direction and that's not going to change.
09:04And can you tell us a bit more about Thomas Tuchel in comparison to Mikel Arteta?
09:09Because he doesn't have that much time with you.
09:11I know he tries to make it as enjoyable as possible.
09:14We were watching you at St. George's Park in your training session and he was just looking at the other
09:19two coaches
09:19and they were laughing their heads off.
09:21They love watching you in competition.
09:23They love making it enjoyable.
09:24But Harry Maguire's talked about the profile of players.
09:27He wants you to be ruthless on the pitch.
09:29Big, strong, cojones, I think was the word that Harry Maguire put it down to.
09:33But having that ruthlessness on the pitch, how does he get that over to you?
09:39I feel like both Mikel and Thomas are obviously two of the best managers in the world with great predigree.
09:47I think they're similar in some aspects, like you said, in terms of the ruthless nature,
09:51in terms of being super efficient and trying to take care of all the details to make it easy on
09:57us.
09:58And yeah, I feel comfortable at both club level and playing for my country.
10:03And I think they both want me to just try and play to my strengths because they know that that
10:08can help the team for sure.
10:10And your brother's a bit of a genius in the music industry.
10:15It's been a long time since you've had a World Cup song.
10:18I know you've been in the booth.
10:19Do you have any chance of getting the boys together?
10:21I've been in the booth.
10:22Haven't you?
10:23He told you that.
10:25You've said it in an interview, mate, so you've done yourself.
10:28Maybe not from me, maybe from him.
10:31I'll just stick to trying to play football to the best of my ability.
10:35Ben Hoddle's safe then.
10:37Finish with James Oni here.
10:38Oni, hi.
10:39Just check, I think you had a cast on your wrist on Sunday.
10:42Yeah.
10:43Is everything okay now?
10:44Oh, you've still got it?
10:45Yeah, absolutely fine.
10:46What happened?
10:49Yeah, just a little sprain.
10:51It's really nothing.
10:53Doesn't hinder me at all.
10:55Obviously, your last England performance against Serbia.
10:57Was that the best you felt, you think, in an England shirt?
11:04Yeah, I'd say I felt really good in that game for sure.
11:07I don't know if it's the best I felt, but I felt really good.
11:10And of course, to score your first goal for England is always a really special moment.
11:15Is the challenge for you now to replicate that for England?
11:18Because obviously you haven't had a chance to play for them since.
11:20It's a challenge now for you to just hit that level every time you go out there.
11:23Yeah.
11:26Great.
11:27Yeah.
11:28Thanks for your time, guys.
11:29Cheers.
11:29Thank you, guys.
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