00:25Hi everybody, delighted to welcome our new head coach,
00:29Roberto Dezerbi. We'll start with the broadcast section that's got no embargo followed by an
00:33embargoed section for 10 30 p.m. tonight. We've got a hard stop in 30 minutes so the broadcast
00:37section will be 15 minutes and the embargoed section will be 15 minutes so we may not get
00:40around to everybody. Apologies if we don't have time to get around to everybody. We ask for a
00:45maximum of three questions a person so we can get through as many as we can in the time we
00:48have
00:48and use the microphone provided. Michael. Thanks Anne. Roberto many congratulations on your
00:53appointment. Have you enjoyed your first week at Tottenham Hotspur? Yes I'm
00:59first of all I'm proud and happy to be here. I have to say thank to Vinay and
01:06Ioan because they showed me a big big confidence
01:11and now I have to work. Now we have to make points. I'm sure about the level of the players
01:22because many players in the past I was very very close to to bring them in my former teams.
01:34they are working very well. I think I'm not better than Thomas Frank or Igor Tudov because I consider
01:44them very good coaches. I try to to bring my my style myself my my my character my personality my
01:55passion to help the player to first of all to show their qualities because they have a lot of
02:01qualities and then to reach to achieve our target because it's the most important part now is our
02:09target. Sounds like they've enjoyed your training too now you've worked with them for a week are you
02:15even more confident that you can keep this huge club in the Premier League?
02:21Yes yes
02:26I knew before to work with them I understood that they are good guys the fans are they have to
02:35be
02:36happy happy because all players are good guys they are suffering for this this difficult situation
02:46I want to see on the game because during the week is easier but I think
02:55the voice inside inside of the the the pitch is changing I'm I observed them at the beginning of my
03:07time
03:07last week and now I'm more positive for sure. Many many Spurs fans are very happy with your appointment
03:18if there are some that are still having concerns what what is your message to them? I have no any
03:25message
03:26because also in the last game against Nottingham Forest they they were fantastic before the
03:33the game no the message is for for my staff for my players we have to deserve their support because
03:45the fans are suffering like like us like the players but for the fans there is just one club just
03:55one team
03:57the players can change team club but for the fans is unique their club so we have to to make
04:07happy
04:08our fans playing well with the right spirit with the right attitude with the right behaviour on the pitch
04:20and and then I think it's easier to to make points
04:26Roberto welcome to Tottenham thank you I suppose the big question on a lot of people's minds is why
04:33do you take on this job at this particular time because of course the club are locked in a relegation
04:38battle so
04:38why now why now because you can consider depends on your angle you look at the situation from my
04:52perspective was a big opportunity because Tottenham is one of the most important club in Premier League
05:00Premier League is the best league in the world I love the qualities of the players they are
05:10we have a lot a lot of specific specific players for my style and then there was a crucial part
05:19there was
05:2012 days before the first game and and for me it was important to have not
05:31too much time but 10 days more than one week I I thought it could be important to understand the
05:41problems
05:44I don't want to give too many principles too many instructions on the pitch if we are speaking about
05:50just football but organization with the ball without the ball and I hope in one week 10 days
06:01to to reach this this target for me obviously you and the club have been hit with a big blow
06:08knowing
06:08that Mohamed Kudus has suffered an injury can I just confirm what's the nature of the injury and
06:13does it rule him out for the rest of the season and maybe even the world cup
06:23yes I started not to with too big lucky but yes Kudus was in my head a crucial player especially
06:37for the
06:38position but we have to look forward anyway I think we have a lot of very good attackers and we
06:48have to help them
06:50to put them in the best condition to show their qualities because Colomoni I know is not playing
06:55uh a great uh a great uh season but uh he's a good player I know him like uh Matisse
07:03Tell I wanted him in
07:05Marseille in when I was in Marseille Chavis Simons he's a big talent Richarlison Solanke you know maybe better
07:14than me and so we we we have to to put them in the in the best condition we can
07:21and how is Guglielmo
07:23Vicario doing after his hernia surgery can any other players come back for this game against Sunderland
07:29no uh Vicario is not ready for this game I hope he can back earlier next week but I don't
07:41know yet
07:42uh Betancourt uh is working with us but not completely but we are enough to to fight to play and
07:56and to make points hi Roberto welcome back thank you good to see you good to see you as well
08:04very good
08:05see you and you must be very confident about keeping Spurs up because we understood there is no break
08:14clause in your contract if they were to go down is that correct well listen I
08:25I believe to keep the Premier League first of all has to be clear for everyone because
08:34I want to work in Premier League and I think I deserve to to work in Premier League but
08:42um but the main sense of my work is more than than than league and anyway if I sign my
08:56contract in April
08:57I have to be ready to stay no matter what in the next season so I I
09:04I want to to stay focused on Sunderland and the other six game again but but my
09:17my idea is very clear there's been talk for much of this season about some of the players
09:24maybe wanting to leave in the summer is that part of your job as well because you've said I'm staying
09:30here I want to convince them to stay as well no no no it's not important for me now now
09:39we have to push
09:40all together all players all staff for people inside of training ground all fans inside of the stadium to
09:48to achieve our goal and then we will see for sure I don't want player if they don't want to
09:56to stay
09:59I have a my contract is for five years for sure I want to to say my opinion in transfer
10:08market session
10:08because I am a coach but I want to see the player happy to work in this club
10:23my final question you mentioned your style quite a few times it was good to watch at Brighton I have
10:29to say
10:29and Spurs fans like a certain spark style going back to the 70s with Glenn Holden was your dealers and
10:36right
10:37throw your style of Spurs are they the ideal marriage the ideal fit listen my style is one part
10:46about the the style of play and one part about the character the personality I have no time enough to
10:56work in the principle or in build up so much or in the last 20 minutes meters
11:04I want to give organization with the ball without the ball two three principle without the ball two three
11:13principle four more something more in ball possession in offensive space and and that's it
11:22uh what I want to do what I want to achieve immediately is the character is the is the
11:33the right spirit the right courage courage to play to attack because the dna of this club of this
11:42uh squad is to to to find the goal to score uh and they can in this part uh i
11:54i can be able to transfer
11:56uh not in too much time my my principle here good luck thank you
12:04Roberto um you obviously know a lot of these players from the outside are there any in this
12:10like this last week of training that surprised you when you've seen them really up close and personal
12:15maybe younger players like Archie Gray, Lukas Berg-Vell?
12:19in the last period i i watched a lot of games especially of Tottenham
12:27yes one thing is to watch the game on at home and the different things is to work with
12:35with them on the pitch we have a very big players young players Berg-Vell, Archie Gray
12:47Matisse, Matisse Stel, Xavi Simons but anyway we have a
12:55older players very very important as a Van der Waen Van der Waen is a crucial player for me
13:03like Romero like Porro like Solanke i want to to see again the same Gallagher
13:13player i i loved in uh in Chelsea time and i think uh i'm lucky because uh i have a
13:26big confidence in my
13:27players in their qualities and for me my my my target is to help them to play well to to
13:37enjoy with the ball
13:38because they their characteristics uh are very clear for me
13:46you've only brought in two coaches with you that you've worked with in the past i mean is is that
13:51uh i
13:51think you normally bring at least six seven people that you know with you does that make it any more
13:55difficult to get your ideas across when you don't have people you know around you
14:06it's the it's totally different this situation because we have no time to work like in brighton time
14:15or in Marseille or in another place i i've been uh and i don't want to put confusion inside of
14:24the players
14:25they have to be um with a clear plan of the game and not too much instruction not too much
14:34uh to think
14:36yeah they have to run what is the ball they have to play with courage with personality
14:43and they have to to fight just it for me my my demand is to
14:52to to show the right spirit uh i want to see
14:56just a final one from me you signed a long contract normally at clubs you've spent a certain
15:01amount of times at different clubs maybe not long long term what makes you think that tottenham is
15:06the one that maybe you settle down for longer
15:14i don't know i stay i stay three years in sassuolo and then i
15:20left from ukraine when the war started no
15:27in brighton i left for different problems and in marseille maybe the same
15:37i would like to stay for five for a long time i don't know how many years but in marseille
15:43like this
15:44because in marseille i my idea was to to stay for a long time and then you have to to
15:53to speak with the
15:55the club and when you have different view of the the football or the other things
16:04you have to leave money and you have to leave and but in my plan for sure there is the
16:11the the idea to
16:14stay for a long time to to try to to put tottenham i'm not speaking about the the titles but
16:25because it's not a right moment now but to put tottenham to to stay in the first position
16:33in premier league because they're all there are all uh all um parts to to to reach that level
16:47okay we'll end the end the broadcast
16:48so
16:48so
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