00:05I'm going to ask you in English, you have two clear plans, one, to keep the team in the Premier
00:14League this season, two, work to build the Tottenham for the future, how much you can start doing the second
00:21part right now and how much you need to keep this call in the Premier League to achieve what you
00:25want to achieve?
00:26How much? No, no, no, the focus is just on Thunderland. Focus is to take my focus on the game
00:44of Thunderland and then Brighton, then Wolverhampton, one step per time.
00:56What do you think you can save this call?
01:02The qualities of the players, the guys, they know the situation is very difficult.
01:19But if you watch Liverpool, Tottenham, if you watch also Atletico Madrid in Madrid, I think they show their qualities,
01:33they show sometimes the right spirit.
01:38We have to show 90 minutes and we have to believe in ourselves. Because the most important part in football
01:48is the mental part.
01:49You are used to speaking too much about the style of play, the tactical disposition, blah, blah, blah.
01:58By the end, the mental part is crucial in every world, especially in football, especially in this moment in Tottenham.
02:10How do you think you have been received by the players? What kind of practice do you see from them?
02:18Well, they are working very, very well. I'm not surprised, but it's not normal.
02:29No, no. After, I don't know, we didn't win too many games in 2000-2005 and we haven't won any
02:42game so far in 2000-2006.
02:46And so, you can imagine the atmosphere inside of the dressing room, of the training ground, but it's not like
02:55this.
02:57I saw the players with energy, with the passion when in the meeting room we have spoken about football, about
03:07two-three principles.
03:09They were on, with the right focus. So, I'm positive for that.
03:22Tom.
03:24Is Vicario available? Anthony Kinski would be the obvious replacement.
03:31It was his first game since that let's go during the match. It was a remarkable game, an incident for
03:38him. What have you done to help his confidence get ready for him?
03:42Listen, good question, because I didn't speak yet with him, because I think he doesn't need to speak too much.
03:52I have confidence. He has to be strong, but he is strong enough. He has to show what he can
04:02do. Not more, not less.
04:04And I think his qualities are enough to play in Tottenham. And the players, the other players believe in him.
04:18And he has to stay calm, in confidence.
04:22He is playing in Tottenham. So, he has to be strong, stronger than the mistakes. And to move on and
04:37stop.
04:38And you mentioned Conor Gallagher. I believe you were interested. He was one of the players who thought about signing
04:43Brighton.
04:43You mentioned Jabby Simmons as well. Both of those players so far, in time of career, struggle to hit the
04:49heights that we know they can achieve.
04:52What can you do to bring more out of those two individuals?
04:55More?
05:04Two parts. One part. One is the focus on the ball, on the pitch. To put them in the best
05:15position, the favourite position they feel, for sure. And the mental part.
05:20But I think for Gallagher it's not so easy because he left from Chelsea after I don't know how many
05:31seasons he went to Atletico Madrid and now in Tottenham, in this moment for Tottenham, he was a leader in
05:39Chelsea and now he has to adapt a new club, a new teammates, new stadium, new athletes.
05:52And I have to help him to put as a target the Gallagher in Chelsea.
06:00The other players, the position on the pitch, Kudus was one player because he already knew what I demand for
06:11the winger.
06:13And all players, one part on the mental side and one part on the pitch to give more solutions when
06:23we have the ball.
06:24And change the focus from the defensive phase in offensive phase because if we have to concede goal, we concede
06:33goal.
06:34But the DNA of these players, of this club, of these players is to keep the goal and to try
06:41the condition to score.
06:42Not too preoccupate, not to be worried about the game.
06:49Because we need to win the game.
06:52I know you've been asked why now.
06:58We know that Tottenham would have liked to hire you after Thomas Franklin.
07:02You didn't come then when the team was in a less perilous position in the league table.
07:07There's been a lot of talk about, you know, how much you're getting paid here, whether that comes into it,
07:12and why you would risk your reputation at this point given the situation that Tottenham fans are in.
07:17They could be relegated.
07:19Have you got a response to that?
07:21Praticamente, yes.
07:22We know that Tottenham was already after Thomas Frank.
07:25And there's a lot of words about why he came to now, how much money they gave him,
07:29how much money they gave him, etc.
07:31Do you have a response to that?
07:34No.
07:34No, you can find the right answer in my history.
07:37Because I left a lot of money in my life and the money never changed my focus on my work.
07:50I was in Marseille and for me Marseille was a special place.
08:01I didn't say goodbye yet to my former fans, my former club, because I didn't want to make any polemic.
08:12And in that moment it was good to stay at home.
08:17For me it's not a problem, this situation for Tottenham.
08:26When you come in this club you have not to decide depending on the situation in that moment.
08:37You have to be a longer vision.
08:41Normally now the focus is on this season, these seven games, to keep Premier League.
08:51And then we will see.
08:55Can you give us an idea of what you have been doing for ten days since you came?
09:00What has been, besides training, what has been happening for you?
09:12I have had a lot of meetings, individual meetings with the players.
09:16A lot.
09:17I spoke with all players.
09:20I analysed Sunderland because after tomorrow there is a tough game because Sunderland is playing a great season.
09:34Very good players and very good coach.
09:37And stop.
09:41I have no time to think about other things.
09:45Just football, just meeting with the players.
09:50Just to organise and to transfer and to find the right way, the best way to transfer my idea.
09:58Two, three, not too many ideas, but two, three ideas I want to see on the pitch from Sunday and
10:08nothing.
10:09Can you tell us anything about one or two of your key principles?
10:14One or two things you want the players?
10:17After Sunday I call you and I explain.
10:22Not necessarily tactical principles.
10:25No, tactical, tactical, tactical with the ball.
10:29I want to keep the ball, I want to see again that Tottenham I watched with Poster Koglu.
10:39Because in the first season when I was in my second season in Brighton there was Poster Koglu here with
10:50a lot of these players.
10:52And was one of the best teams in terms of quality of play.
11:01With Pedro Porro, with Udoge, with Van Der Wijn and Romero in build-up.
11:10And I would like to see again.
11:12Do you have an idea why this has been lost?
11:15I don't know.
11:19I'll finish with Sam please.
11:20Roberto, hi.
11:22Were you surprised by the backlash to you when you were talking about your comments around your Mason Greenwood comments?
11:29And are you confident that things will calm down as you take your verses?
11:35Are you surprised by the reaction when you were talking about your Mason Greenwood comments?
11:45No, no.
11:47I prefer speaking in Italian this part.
11:51No.
11:54No, no.
11:55Non so sorpreso.
11:56Mi è un po' dispiaciuto.
11:59Mi è dispiaciuto se qualcuno si è sentito offeso, ma devo ripetere quello che ho detto l'altra volta.
12:09Su questo argomento sono molto sensibile, molto toccato, un po' per me, per come sono fatto io, un po' perché
12:18ho una figlia femmina e quindi devo ripetere quello che ho detto l'altra volta.
12:24Sono sempre stato contro, sempre, ogni tipo di violenza, soprattutto alle donne, ma non solo violenza se non anche le
12:35battute, le battutine o cose sessiste.
12:39Ho una figlia femmina e questa cosa mi tocca in prima persona, però so chi sono io, so che valori
12:49ho, so come sono come persona,
12:51quindi non mi ha dato fastidio, solo un po' dispiaciuto.
12:55Tutto qua.
12:55Non ero sorpreso, ero un po' scusato per quello che è successo, perché, e l'apologico se qualcuno ha fatto
13:04offenza con questo,
13:05ma devo ripetere quello che ho già detto, perché è parte di chi sono.
13:11Sono molto attaccato con questa situazione.
13:14Ho una figlia e ho sempre bisogno di ripetere questo, ho fatto chiaro e voglio farlo chiaro.
13:19I've always been against any sort of violence, or even just sexist jokes or anything against women.
13:25That's part of who I am, and especially because I have a daughter, I know very well this as well,
13:32and I'm touching, like, directly.
13:34I know what my values are.
13:36So I wasn't surprised, and I'm sorry if I offended, but if anything I was a bit sorry that it
13:42happened.
13:45Do you hope that the fans will accept their apology?
13:52Spero che i tifosi quindi accetteranno questa sua scusa e lasceranno la situazione.
13:57Sì, anche perché questo argomento non lo riaprirò più io.
14:02Adesso ho già parlato nella prima intervista, ho parlato questa volta,
14:09quindi non è neanche corretto tornare ancora su questo argomento.
14:17Yes, I'm hoping we can move on, also because I'm certainly not going to go back on this topic.
14:24I spoke about it in my first interview, I'm speaking about it again.
14:27Now I'm hoping we can move forward.
14:30Okay, thank you very much.
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