00:01You mentioned Pep earlier, have you spoken to him at all since you took the job and do you plan
00:06to speak to him much going forward?
00:08Yeah, I spoke with Pep a lot since he decided to leave the club.
00:16I was with him a week ago, we spent some hours together.
00:23But the relationship with Pep since I was under 23 has always been quite close.
00:30Do you expect to speak to him much week to week or do you want to leave him alone to
00:35enjoy his retirement?
00:36No, he needs to enjoy his moment and I also need to do my job and to find a solution
00:48for myself.
00:48But after 10 years playing every three days, every three days, it's quite demanding and you know.
00:55So I think now he deserves to relax.
01:00Jeremy Cross, Daily Mirror.
01:02Does it feel quite daunting having to follow in the footsteps of Pep Guardiola?
01:09Yeah, but again, it depends on which way you take.
01:14For me it's a privilege because again, I think I consider some of you, all of you,
01:20consider Pep probably the best coach, the best manager in the last 20 years.
01:24So for me it's a privilege.
01:27As I said, it's also a challenge because we saw that after this kind of manager always the club struggle.
01:35I know that, I'm aware of it, but at the same time I'm quite relaxed that I'm sure that we
01:42can do a great job.
01:43And what would success be to you next season?
01:47Listen, I think with this kind of club you need to win titles.
01:55But if you just focus on the final target, I think you miss all the previous part.
02:03So I'm a manager that I like, I love the day-by-day.
02:09I love to do my job, I love to prepare sessions, to spend time with the players.
02:13And then at the end, for sure the target is to win titles with this club.
02:19Enzo, James Ducker from the Daily Telegraph.
02:23Enzo, just following on from a few points about following the dynasties.
02:27Obviously we've seen the challenges that United have had down the road and obviously at Arsenal it took time.
02:33Do you think the difference here is that when you look at what Guardiola and the club have sort of
02:40bequeathed,
02:41you know, the infrastructure, the squad, the set-up with the Derrida football, the chairman,
02:46the way the clubs run, that it's a bit different than following, you know, United following before?
02:53Do you think you're more set up for success maybe than some of those other clubs might have been?
02:58I don't think so because probably at that time after, I don't remember exactly how many years we'd see Alex,
03:06I think the club was in place.
03:07Yeah.
03:09So I don't think so that now we have a different structure compared to Man United,
03:13though, compared to Arsenal with their same.
03:17Yeah.
03:18And some people would say that the job after following such a hugely successful manager might be a bit easier.
03:26Do you, does the challenge, does the challenge...
03:28It's easy or complete, I don't understand.
03:30Does the challenge though, I mean, you have to have a, you have to be a certain type to sort
03:36of take on that challenge.
03:37Do you actually relish it?
03:38Does it really excite you, the idea of trying to take on what Pep's done and putting your own spin
03:45on it?
03:46No.
03:47First of all, for me, it's important to make it clear that I'm here to do what I want, my
03:55job, in the way I want.
03:57I'm not here to try to copy someone or I'm just here to try to do my job, to install
04:04my football, my idea, the way I see the football.
04:08And then if it's more easy or more difficult, I don't know, I think it's a nice challenge.
04:15It's a privilege for me here.
04:16I feel very happy to be here with you, so nothing more.
04:23Hi Enzo, Kit Shepard from The Times.
04:25Can you just expand on what you were saying just at the end now?
04:28You will obviously keep a lot of the things the same as they were when Pep was in charge,
04:33but what specifically might you do differently to Pep to sort of put your own stamp on this Man City
04:39team?
04:39Every manager is different.
04:42Every manager.
04:42There can be some similar concept, but at the end every manager is different.
04:48The way we approach the day-by-day, the way we approach the games.
04:52So we see in which way we need to tweak some concept.
04:59But I don't think there are managers that they just copy and paste in other managers.
05:04It's difficult.
05:04Because I can copy and paste, but I probably don't see the football in the same way than the other
05:10manager.
05:10So that's why I don't believe in copy and paste.
05:15And Manchester City obviously under Pep set very, very high standards
05:20and maybe dipped ever so slightly last season, not winning the league.
05:25Just in your opinion, kind of why was there that slight dip last season
05:30and how can you sort of address that to get back to winning the titles?
05:34When you are not inside the change room or you are not spending the day-by-day with players,
05:40it's very complicated.
05:42It's very difficult to understand the reason why something is not going to happen or it's not happened.
05:48So I don't know. I don't know.
05:54Since two months ago, two, three months ago, when there was a real connection with the club,
06:01I started to watch all last season games.
06:05But again, to have a clear idea, you need to spend the day-by-day with the players
06:13and to understand why something is not going to happen.
06:17Jamie.
06:17Hi, Enzo.
06:18Jamie Jackson from The Guardian.
06:20The club is still facing these charges of financial wrongdoings,
06:24over 100 charges, I believe.
06:27What assurances has the club given you that, you know,
06:29all you can be fine with these?
06:32No, the only thing I can say is that three years ago, the treble season,
06:37I was here and it was the same words about this kind of problem.
06:44In three years, it's still the same.
06:48So nothing happened.
06:50I don't have anything to say because it's something that is there.
06:55But again, the only thing I can say is that the way the organisation is working
07:01is to show how serious they are, how good they are,
07:05bringing titles and more things.
07:09They obviously deny all wrongdoing.
07:11And you don't have any concerns personally?
07:13No.
07:15No, to be honest.
07:16And just with regard to picking up another point,
07:19if City don't win the title this season,
07:22if City do not win the Premier League title this season under you,
07:27is that a failure?
07:30Again, at the moment, I'm mere knowing that this is a club
07:34that needs to win the title.
07:38As I said before, fortunately, the two previous clubs I joined,
07:41Leicester and Chelsea, we delivered titles in both clubs.
07:45And I'm joining this club thinking that we need to win titles.
07:50But again, I'm not thinking in May or June.
07:53I'm thinking now and tomorrow with the 20 young players,
07:58how we can improve them.
08:00And then we see it day by day.
08:04Hi Enzo, Simon Bajkowski from the Manchester Evening News.
08:08You've obviously lost Bernardo Silva as club captain.
08:11Have you thought about who will replace him?
08:16Not yet.
08:16We are in this moment, I think three players with Ruben, Rodri and Derling.
08:22Probably we need some more because Bernardo left.
08:25But we will decide about that.
08:29And there's obviously a lot of players who are still away,
08:32having been at the World Cup.
08:33Have you spoken to them since you took over?
08:36Are you kind of leaving them to the holidays?
08:39I spoke with the ones that they contacted me.
08:44And the only two players I contacted has been Jeremy Doku
08:48because he has been dead when he was in the World Cup.
08:51And the other one has been Phil when he was left out from the squad
08:54just to have a chat with him.
08:56Then the rest, I spoke with some of them that they called me.
09:02Hi Enzo, Dom Farrell, Sporting News.
09:06Just picking up on that with Phil,
09:08how was he after being left out of the England squad?
09:10And obviously you know Phil really well from the years here together.
09:14What are your expectations for Phil this season?
09:17I just want to help Phil to be the Phil that we all know,
09:21but especially the Phil that we all want.
09:24First of all for him, because he needs to enjoy football in general.
09:29Second, because I know how good this Phil,
09:32so with Phil in a good shape, in a good mood, we can win games.
09:37Again, the season of the treble was fantastic.
09:40The season after, I think he won Premier League player.
09:43So, now it's a struggle a little bit,
09:45but I told him that it's my duty to try to help him
09:50and to have him back in the way we all want.
09:53He's from the house, he's from here.
09:55So, I think it's a nice feeling for me to try to help Phil,
10:00but also I think Phil is a fan of the club.
10:08So, it's nice for him to be back.
10:10And you mentioned Jack Grealish.
10:12You've stayed in contact with him as a friend of yours.
10:16Jack's obviously had a difficult couple of years.
10:19Why do you think Jack's struggled
10:21and what's he got to do to get back to that treble, Jack?
10:25Again, when you don't work day by day with the players,
10:28it's difficult to judge.
10:29So, I don't know what he has done.
10:33So, it's complete.
10:35Thank you, everyone.
10:36We'll leave it there.
10:37We'll do the photo opportunity now.
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