00:00I just wanted to ask about Erling and his heading.
00:03He said after the game he's been practising in the back garden with his dad.
00:07He scored three goals with his head already this season.
00:09Is that an area that you feel he can improve on, his heading?
00:13Even if we are talking about top players, fantastic players,
00:17I think there is always room to do better and to improve.
00:20Erling knows that there are things that he can do better.
00:25He's trying and for sure he will continue to score goals.
00:30Do you feel like he's coming to the boil a bit now?
00:33Do you feel like he took a little while to get going this season?
00:36Because of the World Cup?
00:37It's normal, it's normal.
00:39We've said it many times, World Cup never stops, it's normal.
00:42There will be a moment where he will be down and we need to help him.
00:46As I said in the last press conference,
00:49probably we need to give him some day off, some week off,
00:51because in terms of, not just in terms of player,
00:56in terms of human being, you cannot be 12 months at high level.
01:01It's normal that there is some moment that you go down and we need to manage that.
01:05Just one more, Enzo, there's a lot of talk in Manchester about Oasis
01:08and they're going to be playing 11 gigs over the road at the Etihad.
01:11Are you going to be looking to get a ticket? Are you a fan?
01:14Yeah, hopefully yes.
01:16In this moment the focus is about something different, but hopefully yes.
01:25Hi Enzo, over the summer both yourselves and United had a lot of focus on central midfield,
01:31both signed three new central midfielders.
01:34You spent twice as much as United on your three.
01:37Do you think they're twice as good?
01:41I think we need a midfielder.
01:44I don't pay much attention about the price because I don't pay the money.
01:51It's more about good players.
01:53I think the ones that they arrive here and they join us and they join Man United,
01:58they are all top players.
01:59This is the most important thing.
02:02Then how much the club pay for them.
02:04I already said, I don't think it's correct to judge players based on how much we pay
02:09because the market now is crazy.
02:13Bringing in three players in the same position, obviously I know they play different within
02:16the central midfield.
02:17But how well do you think the relationships are growing with people like Buardi and Fernandes
02:22already?
02:23Very good.
02:24Very good.
02:25It's the day-by-day that defines the relation between them.
02:29They are working well.
02:30We saw the other day starting with Ayub and Enzo, the game before Enzo and Elliot.
02:41Important that when we decide which player is going to start, they are ready.
02:46And then if we need them from the bench, they are going to be ready.
02:51And do you see Enzo as the senior one of those three?
02:53Is he helping people like Buardi and Fernandes?
02:55Yeah, absolutely.
02:56Absolutely, yes.
03:02Hi Enzo.
03:03I would just like to ask about Reine Nouri.
03:06He has come on as a winger in a few games in pre-season and then again in Porto.
03:12Do you see his role further forward than he has had at previous clubs?
03:16How do you see him being part of the squad?
03:19Yeah, when he was at Wolves, I know he was playing back five, so he was more wing-back
03:25than full-back.
03:28In this moment, I see him more winger than full-back, but that means that in the future
03:35if we need him as a full-back, we are not going to use him.
03:38Probably, yes, but in this moment, yeah, he's more winger.
03:42What are the qualities that he has that help you higher up the pitch?
03:47In terms of winger?
03:48Yeah.
03:49I think technically it's very good.
03:51Also in 1v1 is good in terms of passes.
03:55The other day make good assists for Erling.
03:59So, yeah.
04:01When you made the substitution on Tuesday night to bring Kradio off and brought Kusinov
04:06on, what was the thinking behind having Kusinov at left-back instead of maybe Ait Nouri?
04:13First of all, because in that moment I think we needed more defenders in terms of win-duels,
04:22strong, quick in behind, defend that kind of ball in behind.
04:27So, the reason why was just for that.
04:37How do you approach the game on Sunday?
04:39We've seen over the years City teams have gone there and sort of kept the ball
04:44and tried to strangle the life out of the game, but also seasons where they've attacked
04:48from the get-go, from the off, and trying to sort of blow United away early on.
04:53Like, how do you see it with how the team's performing at the moment?
04:57What's best for their skill set?
04:59First of all, be ourselves.
05:01As I said, for us it's an important game also because it's a test, you know, to be ourselves.
05:09And then in terms of them, I think it's quite clear.
05:11It's a team that they are very dangerous.
05:13They don't need many passes, so they are quite direct, recover the ball.
05:19And they are the team probably in this moment in the Premier League with playing more ball in behind.
05:24So, it's quite clear, recover the ball and try to contact in behind.
05:28So, we need to be careful in terms of transition, cover the space in behind.
05:33So, when you look at someone like Elliot Anderson who's able to cover the ground in a way that he
05:38can't,
05:38how important is he going to be in that sort of stage of the game?
05:42Very important, but not only Elliot. For sure he will be one of the main players in case we decide
05:48for him to start.
05:50But not only him. We need a complete performance to win there.
05:55Can I just ask you, just generally, you said that the transfer market is crazy now.
06:01Obviously, you were a player sort of 15 years ago.
06:06Could you ever envisage the sort of money that everybody's paying being sort of the astronomical fees that they are
06:15now?
06:15No, this is just my point of view. For me it's a crazy market because in this moment any club
06:23pay big money for any players.
06:26But again, it's the market and we need to adapt.
06:32Hi Enzo, you spoke about all the different derbies you've been involved in in your career.
06:37Your first English derby was West Brom and Wolves, wasn't it?
06:40Oh, fantastic.
06:4198.
06:42Yeah, what's particular about a British and English derby that's maybe a little bit different to those other ones like
06:49Sevilla, Betis and Olympiacos?
06:51Yeah, anyway, that derby was a bit...
06:54Now we go in that direction. That derby was set pieces, throwing inside the box, duals, battle.
07:03It's different. Now there are some games that are quite similar again.
07:08But again, they are different, different, different ones.
07:13They are all nice games. That's why I said I like these kind of games. I want these games because
07:18I like them.
07:19Because they are intense, they are warm games, but they are all different.
07:25And you mentioned Erling how maybe later on in the season you'll have to look after him if he has
07:31a dip.
07:31Have you seen that he's bought himself a caravan?
07:34The caravan?
07:35Yeah, he's got a caravan.
07:37He's got a caravan? No.
07:40That could be good for resting and relaxing, right?
07:44Can be a...
07:46I didn't see the caravan.
07:48Anything else, guys?
07:49Simon?
07:54Hi Enzo, I just wanted to ask about Antoine Semenyo as a player who you've coached against when he's been
08:00in opposition teams
08:00and now with you, what is he like to work with?
08:04Yeah, much better to work with him than against for sure, no doubt.
08:10Again, he's giving us a lot in terms of on the ball and off the ball.
08:15If you see the first goal we scored Palace away was his cross.
08:19The first goal we scored against Coventry was his assist.
08:23So he's working very well.
08:25Again, not only on the ball, also off the ball.
08:29He's helping a lot the team.
08:31Again, it's much better to work with him than against him.
08:35Those crosses into the box, is that something that you're trying to bring in both for him and for Erling?
08:42Yeah, there are parts of the box where we can attack and we can be dangerous because we are quite
08:52big.
08:55Erling, Antoine, Nico, you know, the ones that they are playing at the front.
09:00And so it's very good arriving inside the box.
09:03So we need that kind of ball.
09:07And Antoine only came in January and Mark as well, but do you feel like already they are kind of
09:12senior players in the squad that you can trust to go to any ground?
09:16Yeah, yeah, Mark now is one of the captain and Antoine again is another one that you can be that
09:23is a senior player in this moment for us.
09:28Last one with James, thank you.
09:33Enzo, some clubs really struggle to replace big players and they worry and they panic, but at City they seem
09:40to be so decisive in the way they move afterwards.
09:44You know, to lose Rodri and Bernardo, especially, and obviously John Stones, but those two players in midfield.
09:51Were you surprised that they were able to bring in three players of that quality this summer?
09:57And how fortunate do you consider yourself that after losing two big players, they've been able to move so swiftly?
10:04Yeah, I said already in one of the last preference that I feel very lucky because these three players arrived,
10:11the three midfielders, Enzo, Elliot and Ayub.
10:13And I also said that this club, when Aguero left, everyone was worried.
10:22Erling arrived, Fernandinho, Rodri arrived, David Silva, De Bruyne arrived.
10:28So one of the big achievements of this club has been to replace players.
10:34And it's not easy.
10:36Before, you know, the club was cheeky when he was here, now the club with Hugo.
10:41So for sure, I feel very lucky because it's not easy to replace these kind of players that they are
10:47top players.
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